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No. There has to be a word for people like you... Conservatism?

The parent means that you must deal with advancing technology rather than clinging to the past.



False premise: "advancing technology". There's nothing "advanced" about making a device less useful. The deficiency outweighs the benefit.


Removing obsolete features is advancing. Like removal of floppy drives, phone keypads etc.


Agreed. Removing obsolete features is advancing. There was a time to remove floppy drives and such. And it would be time to remove the headphone jack if there were a replacement that was at least as good.

Wireless headphones suck. They're expensive, inconvenient, and don't work with most of the things I want to use headphones with.




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