Now OnePlus has succumbed to the false belief that removing the headphone jack from its smartphones somehow represents the "best experience." Well, they're wrong. And not for the first time we have to credit Apple with driving the industry in another direction.

I wrote about this phenomenon earlier this year in Apple Notches Another Victory (Premium), noting that the Android hardware ecosystem is so devoid of original thought that its members collectively trip over each other trying to copy Apple as quickly and thoroughly as they can.