https://hax.5july.org/2016/09/08/the-issue-of-the-iphones-audio-jack/
The implications of this creeped me out.
Doctorow:
« Once all the audio coming out of an Iphone is digital — once there’s no analog output — Apple gets a lot more options about how it can relate to its competitors, and they’re all good for Apple and bad for Apple’s customers. Just by wrapping that audio in DRM, Apple gets a veto over which of your devices can connect to your phone. They can arbitrarily withhold permission to headphone manufacturers, insist that mixers be designed with no analog outputs, or even demand that any company that makes an Apple-compatible device must not make that device compatible with Apple’s competitors, so home theater components that receive Apple signals could be pressured to lock out Samsung’s signals, or Amazon’s. »
https://hax.5july.org/2016/09/08/the-issue-of-the-iphones-audio-jack/
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