Rob Landley on Nostr: We all know the reason the analog jack got removed from so many phones is it has no ...

We all know the reason the analog jack got removed from so many phones is it has no DRM, right? You can plug a recorder into it and trivially copy songs and audiobooks and so on.

Every digital replacement from USB to Bluetooth has legally mandated DRM layers that can veto unapproved consumers of the data. Whether or not they're switched on now, they can be at any time in software once we give up the escape hatch.

Everything else is an excuse.