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Apple's controversial iPhone accessory may have been discontinued (www.theshortcut.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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🤔 One of Apple’s most famous accessories seems to have been discontinued

👋 The Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US

🌎 It’s also not available in other countries

🎧 The adapter was introduced in 2016 when Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7

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[+] EleventhHour@lemmy.world -51 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (13 children)

Because, after all the crybaby tantrums, it turns out that nobody really wanted a headphone jack, they just wanted to be whiny cunts. This is the proof.

Go on and throw a tantrum and downvote. The proof is here. Everyone who pissed their pants complaining about this was wrong. Nobody gave a shit in the end other than for their own ability to whine and complain.

Meanwhile, all of the adults in the room just moved to Bluetooth. Most of us did it years before this change. And that’s why they remove the headphone jack. That’s why everyone else is doing it too.

[–] ftbd 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The fact that it sold out proves that no one wants it?

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You can sell out on anything, no matter how unpopular it is, if you don’t make enough of them. How many of these things did they actually make?

[+] EleventhHour@lemmy.world -27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

For those not hallucinating, the headline and article says “discontinued”. Not “sold out”.

Apple does not discontinue products that are popular. The obvious conclusion is that nobody wanted this bullshit.

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Apple made the transition a little easier for those who weren’t ready to give up on their wired headphones by including a $9 adapter. However, it looks like it could now be confined to the annals of history, as the Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US and other countries, suggesting Apple may have quietly discontinued it

It says "sold out" and "discontinued". The latter is currently just speculation.

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