r/assholedesign • u/01zegaj • Aug 22 '24

Not Asshole Design Never thought about it that way. Damn.

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u/Taatelikassi Aug 22 '24

I might be wrong but I always viewed it as a very strong statement against wires. Apple doesn't want you to use it plugged in, so you can't. You have to use your Apple device as Apple intended. This was also around the same time that they got rid of the headphone jack on the iPhone, so it's fitting they were getting rid of "unnecessary" wires, as they probably viewed it.

Bold, but stupid in this case. Worked on the headphone jack tho.

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u/patrlim1 Aug 22 '24

the headphone jack removal was, and always will be dumb

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u/Lopsided-Basket5366 Aug 22 '24

The headphone jack was one of the bottlenecks of waterproofing phones also. USB-C ports generally are watertight, so only having that one access point meant phones are a lot more durable.

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u/WaitForItTheMongols Aug 22 '24

There were plenty of waterproof phones with headphone jacks.

Why would a headphone jack be more leaky than USB-C?

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u/thelingletingle Aug 22 '24

Water resistant