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Analog: The Last Defense Against DRM
Analog: The Last Defense Against DRM
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/analog-last-defense-against-drm
By: Elliot Harmon
Date: 2016-09-08
With the recent iPhone 7 announcement, Apple confirmed what had already been widely speculated: that the new smartphone won’t have a traditional, analog headphone jack. Instead, the only ways to connect the phone to an external headset or speaker will be via Bluetooth, through the phone’s AirPlay feature, or through Apple’s proprietary Lightning port.
Apple’s motivations for abandoning the analog jack are opaque, but likely benign. Apple is obsessed with simple, clean design, and this move lets the company remove one more piece of clutter from the phone’s body. The decision may also have been a part of the move to a water-resistant iPhone. And certainly, many people choose a wireless listening experience.
Source: http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2016/10/analog-last-defense-against-drm.html
