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Smartphone makers cut headphone jacks to push wireless buds

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Because perfectly good analog technology stood in the way of massive accessory profits. Companies aggressively phased out a globally standardized audio port under the guise of technological courage, strictly to mandate the purchase of their easily-lost, battery-dependent wireless earphones.

Smartphone makers cut headphone jacks to push wireless buds
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