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[โ€“] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

This is a real complaint, and for me personally, it's a complete dealbreaker.

There have been converters, but I don't want to choose whether I want to charge my phone or listen to music (ยฟpor quรฉ no los dos?, i.e. "why not both?"). I also don't want to add up lines of dongles for something as primitive and actively used as a headphone jack.

3,5mm jack doesn't take much space and is used by many people, so why remove it?

For regular companies, the answer is clear: to sell you wireless devices often produced by the same companies, costing more.

But for Fairphone, a "fair" company that always shipped their phones with it, this seems like a betrayal. Failing to mention this giant point of concern is not great for a review article, either.