You know, phones with audio jacks also have bluetooth, right? There are also several kinds of headphones with removable/replacable wires.

It is still unquestionably a removal of choice and convenience for the shitheads to have removed the jack.

You have to pick a higher end phone and a lower end earbuds to get to 'a fraction of the price' in realistic terms. The very cheapest headphones aren't going to sound good or last long, and are still going to be in the range of 1/5th of the price of a budget phone vs 1/16 out something that is more in line with calling something 'a fraction of' something.

Not really the point, it costs, people need to buy it, not doing it is easier.

My wired headphones (Sony MH410c) cost me three euros. But those were often included when buying a Sony phone. A decade ago you automatically had headphones when buying a phone.

Still doesn't make it alright, but it's let's accessible now and I can see that leading to a societal change.

Pro tip. If you turn the volume down and hold it to your ear you can still listen to whatever without anyone else hearing. Like we used to be able to hear the other end of the line without others hearing in the old days when we used phones to phone people.

My phone literally doesn't support those, pops up a little warning and everything.

USB Sound card with an OTG adapter works but like, come, that's horseshit.

Sweet, now how do i put a USB-C port on my phone