Apple To Abandon Headphone Jack? Beats Deal Suddenly Makes Sense - Forbes

Apple To Abandon Headphone Jack? Beats Deal Suddenly Makes Sense - Forbes:

"Crucially Apple would also strengthen the hold it has over users by tying them even tighter into its proprietary ecosystem. Yes Beats may primarily have been about securing a streaming music service, but suddenly the ability to earn multi-millions from locked-in Lightning headphones, license fees and sales of adaptors makes for a very juicy side business.

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But Customers Lose

The problem is most customers will lose out, even die-hard Apple users.”

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