• 🤔 One of Apple’s most famous accessories seems to have been discontinued
  • 👋 The Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US
  • 🌎 It’s also not available in other countries
  • 🎧 The adapter was introduced in 2016 when Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7
    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      You can sell out on anything, no matter how unpopular it is, if you don’t make enough of them. How many of these things did they actually make?

    • EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish
      229·
      2 days ago

      For those not hallucinating, the headline and article says “discontinued”. Not “sold out”.

      Apple does not discontinue products that are popular. The obvious conclusion is that nobody wanted this bullshit.

      • Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
        151·
        2 days ago

        Apple made the transition a little easier for those who weren’t ready to give up on their wired headphones by including a $9 adapter. However, it looks like it could now be confined to the annals of history, as the Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US and other countries, suggesting Apple may have quietly discontinued it

        It says “sold out” and “discontinued”. The latter is currently just speculation.

          • Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
            101·
            2 days ago

            Speculation in the sense that the article says it’s "suggested’, and the source cited is “Mac Rumours”.

            Not sure why you’re being so weird about it.