XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-03-31 12:25, badgolferman wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   We don't know what they're doing yet.   
      
   We have a rumour and a bunch of silly little trolls saying that x + 2 =   
   infinity.   
      
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