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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:03:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:29:00 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :


>> Apple removes functionality (such as the aux jack) and then tells people
>> it's good for them - when - in reality - it's a strategy of removing basic
>> functionality so that the customer has to scramble to purchase it back.
> 
> No, Apple never told people, that it is "good for them" not to have an
> aux jack. They just said, that there are better alternatives, like
> Bluetooth, since many people don't like to use cables anyway.
> And even Fairphone removed the aux jack with the Fairphone 4 - and
> Fairphone is the company, which offers phones easy to repair and
> sustainable. So to say Fairphone is just following apple, because they
> are greedy and want to sell their cloud service is a bit far fetched.
> 
> Fairphone even offers sustainable Bluetooth headsets where you can
> replace the batteries:
> <https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds-xl>

I'll agree with any logically sensible argument, but I will also disagree
with arguments that defy logic. I'm no fool. I understand your argument.

I agree OEMs are brilliant in their strategy of removing basic
functionality so that the customer is forced to buy (some of it) back.

The problem is you can't buy all of it back.

So a phone w/o an aux jack is *always* an inferior phone to one with it.
                     (all else being equal)

The observation that proves a phone w/o the aux jack is an inferior phone
to one with it is there is *nothing* a phone w/o the jack can do that a
phone with it can't do. 

If you want to disagree with that infallible logic, then tell me:
Q: What can a phone w/o the aux jack do that a phone with it can't do?
A: ?

HINT: Nothing.

That answer proves there is no advantage whatsoever to the aux removal.
It's a (brilliant) marketing trick.

It's perhaps said to be even "courageous" for an OEM to remove basic
functionality & expect people to still buy a clearly substandard phone.