Apple has long been famous for its bravery—or, in the words of Appple executive Phil Schiller, courage, which he famously used to describe Apple's decision to "move on and do something new that ...

Apple's iPhone 7 has no headphone jack. Instead, Apple wants people to use its proprietary Lightning connector to attach headphones. Or, better yet, to buy Apple's new $160 wireless AirPods.

But why do we have this horrible dongle issue in the first place? In 2016, Apple released the iPhone 7 without a headphone jack. It only had the Lightning port. Most people weren't ready for this ...