First Click: What happens when we never take out our earphones?

Apple’s decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 still stinks to me of both corporate hubris (that asinine “courage” remark) and plain mercantilism (who owns the number one wireless headphone company in the world? Apple). But I have no doubt the choice is the right one. I only started using a pair of Bluetooth earphones fairly recently, but my first reaction has been surprise at just how addictive they are. Pairing is pretty painless, battery life isn’t half the issue I thought it would be, and going “truly wireless” (the marketing motto du jour) feels genuinely freeing. On the way out the door I scoop up my phone and keys and drop my earphones over my ears. I tap a button and the music starts — just like in the adverts....

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