Apparently Apple has done similar with their laptops and literally any sort of jack or port, and it's not even common to find macbooks with usb ports now. I cannot fathom that at all. I felt a little bad giving up a cd drive on my pc laptop, but if I need one to rip my albums or install older...
They are still necessary. Shame on Apple (and maybe some others, idk how many companies have gotten on board with it) for trying wean consumers off something that clearly already works as it is, just cuz they're too lazy to integrate it into their devices' design, and need to figure out some...
I have an iPhone 6. And I am very oppressed. Everyone is so ableist towards iOS 8. But I'm the only person I know who has an iPhone 6 who doesn't have the battery ****ing up, so... ha! #ios8masterrace.