XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   nospam  wrote:   
   > In article , Alan Browne   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> You always bring up that floppy disk argument every time something useful   
   >>> is removed from the iPhone that you think is not needed and not wanted.   
   >>   
   >> That's not "why" he brought it up.  He brought it up as a last absurd   
   >> example after the trolls keep repeating the same nonsense over and over   
   >> again.  iPhone dropped the 3.5mm jack a long time ago.  The world has   
   >> moved on.  Never had SD cards or changeable batteries.  But the trolls   
   >> keep banging on that.  Sheesh!   
   >>   
   >> Apple have long been amongst the first to drop peripherals or features   
   >> that are "dated" and to be surprised that they're changing things going   
   >> forward is pretty silly.   
   >>   
   >> Most of all for something like a mute switch - sheesh!   
   >   
   > except they are not removing the mute switch.   
   >   
      
   They are removing the switch and replacing it with buttons. Buttons don’t   
   provide a visible indication unless they can be latched physically.   
      
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