• OpenTTD@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          They had to, I’m guessing. At this point nobody is manufacturing headphone jack hardware for smartphones.

          • oldfart@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            I’m pretty sure that DACs and 3.5mm jacks are still being manufactured

            • OpenTTD@lemmy.zip
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              Then it’s likely cheaper to make a bluetooth headphones phone than include a 3.5mm jack? Or they could just be greedy, although I would hope FairPhone won’t turn to the dark side so soon.

              Excuse me, this is meant to be an admin account for c/OpenTTD@lemmy.zip so I’ll have to return to whence I came.

              • oldfart@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                You’re probably right, there are reasons stopping them, it’s not necessarily a conspiracy of phone makers.

                Just got the notification for a post you made 10 minutes after mine…

              • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                I’m thinking Fairphone saw the trend and decided to make a profit. I don’t see how removing headphone jacks is beneficial for the consumer.