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		schrodinger on Sept 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea? I mostly agree, but wasn’t making them independent from each other (ie no cord between the two sides) an innovation?

pmlnr on Sept 16, 2018 [–]

Innovation? Yes. Fix? No. Needed? Debatable.

Ditching the only analogue sound connector was without question a bad idea though.

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