Maybe I missed the whole "why it is awesome part" but this trend, IMO is one of the worst things to happen to the internet. We have turned much of the net into the cover of a fucking trapper keeper. Fuck that. It started off decently enough, much like rage comics... but quickly devolved into being more like visual "dear diary" entries, much like rage comics. Once again: Fuck that.

Funny, many of us see waiting for scratched discs in the mail as being unfair to the word "bad" Many people want to watch what they want instantly. Not planning it out over the course of weeks with queues. That is far more than cumbersome.

That is nearly the entirety of the student body in most cases. Many of the brightest kids are forced to trudge through the mud with the slowest... why "try" when you clearly don't have to try or care to keep up with the lowest common denominator? Naturally, those kids learn to play the game and keep the marks above failing whilst giving as few fucks as possible. It's the logical outcome.

Given the state of schooling in many countries. Post secondary school, especially, has the nasty habit of being massively bloated and wasteful in terms of resources, as well as teachers pushing their own books as courseware at insane prices, then not even referencing them in the course. At least with Khan, the price is right and you don't feel ripped off, or pressured into continuing education in a broken system with more administrative holes than swiss cheese.

"So you just want them to add a port just because." Have you been reading what you're spouting? At all? They are already adding a port!!!! They are removing the old port. They are investing R&D into a problem that they themselves are manufacturing: -A new connector for smaller form factor. Instead of R&D money going into a new single port, why not use the **already developed** (this is the big point, in case you still can't pick up on it) USB micro standard??? They could couple that with a small dedicated A/V port for the few number of people who do use the video out function of their iDevice but haven't clued into airplay over AppleTV. Not only would they SAVE MONEY on R&D this way, they would actually still be able to save space since the USB micro is MUCH smaller than the current connector and having two separate ports would mean that they have even more configuration options since they can separate the two small ports. This would ALSO have the benefit of helping the customers. You know, the ones best benefited by a adopting an industry standard so that docks/accessories wouldn't have to change every time Apple gets antsy in their panties? Instead, you honestly think it is better for them to R&D a whole new fat all-in-one port with ZERO accessories/cables currently on the marketplace for purchase? You SERIOUSLY have the ignorant gall to think that this is in ANYONE'S best interest than Apple's own greedy ass? Give me a break. Get off apple's nuts. It makes you look as foolish as they.

How about by using the Headphone jack? Why not make a small proprietary video out jack for the people who use video out from their iphones? Then they could keep a standard USB micro for data and their own classic apple-style proprietary hardware tax for those who wish to have fullHD video out with digital audio etc etc. So maybe you don't understand because YOU may just be the stupid one in this situation. Apple worship: not even once.