They would have to replace nothing to do it, at least not visibly. They
could have one of those 3.5mm sockets that can do both. The optical cable
somehow activates the digital, while normal analog cables get analog.
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From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <listse...@me.com>
To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Apple's headphone scam
I think the issue with Apple “Moving on” is that the consumer is never ready
for it. In a sense, that’s a testament to Apple’s forward-thinking
approach, but it also means that they are the first to draw the fire for
having the audacity to bring something to market without standardising it by
committee first, which I legitimately believe has its drawbacks. I do
sometimes wish standards were more often on the table, for sure. And it’s
not as if Apple doesn’t enjoy the closed, vertical approach, because it
helps their bottom line (remember FireWire?). And sometimes Apple makes
false moves: dropping optical has thus far been a boon for laptops but has
not seen quite as much love on the desktop and AIO side (iMac, now the
thinnest desktop you’ll ever use, if you don’t mind that you can’t play your
DVDs in it or remote-control it any more).
So, I understand the anger and criticism. I also confidently predict that
history will repeat itself, and in a decade or so we’ll all be fondly
remembering the 3.5 mm plug and the good old days. :)
As for my hopes, I hope that Apple will not fragment the market and that an
open standard will emerge. It is either that, or the standard in question
becomes Lightning. Otherwise, in a decade we’ll all be remembering with
fondness the days when one could plug ones audio equipment into any
available headphone or mini-SPDIF socket.
I wonder why Apple did not replace the headphone socket with a mini-SPDIF
socket? Now *that* would have been a smart move …
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