Some people don't care about Apple force-retiring certain things that personally don't affect them - 3.5" floppies, etc, and trot out the tired "oh well, that's progress for you." But there's a right and wrong way to do things like this. The alternatives to the audio jack stink.

What if iOS 11 deprecated phone calls? "Phone calls are a legacy feature with too much reliance on the cell phone companies. With our new and improved FaceTime and iMessage apps, you can more quickly communicate. Yes, these apps only works with other iOS devices, why do you ask?" Would these people care then? Or if Apple suddenly did away with the hardware mute toggle, since you can do the same thing (but much less conveniently) via software?

Re: The purpose of owning a Rolex is to make a statement: "I am better than you because I have so much money that I can spend thousands of dollars on a watch that doesn't tell time any better than a $25 Timex".

Oh, that's probably the intent, but the REAL statement is usually "I have a higher credit card balance than you, because I spend thousands of dollars on a watch."

Why would any country WANT to say goodbye permanently to a **tax-paying** citizen, before they're even dead? Keep the citizenry right here, under their thumb, paying taxes, working like oxen, til we drop dead. Colony on Mars? Less control.

At first I was going to vote for the "childish things" option - but then I realized we ALL have toys, whether they are Tonka trucks, guitars, motorcycles or a mallet for playing polo on horseback.

Gotta my iPhone, since it's always with me. Favorites: tChess Pro, Fieldrunners, iGo, The Plateau, iDracula, HeavyMach, FlightControl, Peggle and Tiger Woods.