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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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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Controversial? Unpopular I can understand, but that's not the same.

I still prefer wired buds and chose a phone with a 3.5mm jack, but I wasn't into Apple phones to begin with.

Now that Apple is going USB C, the lightning adapter will stop mattering, I guess.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You make a good point. When a small number of people complain loudly but most people don’t care, I’m not sure that’s “controversy.” The majority don’t care but this accessory is for the minority who do, and they hate it, so yeah “hated” would not be overstating it :)

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Oh you mean the discontinuation rather than the accessory itself. Meh, there is always ebay. Someone will always have an extra one left from their old phone before they upgraded to a usb-c phone.