I so welcome this kind of transition. There might be a cry over it for a while, but it happened when they ditched CD/DVD in a laptop or even floppy disk in a desktop. Nobody misses it now. What concerns me is that the alternative for the 3.5mm that Apple is offering is not the universal plug (lightening connector is Apple's) so other manufacturers will have to come up with other alternatives (probably USB-C type) or just keep offering 3.5mm plug.
I so welcome this kind of transition. There might be a cry over it for a while, but it happened when they ditched CD/DVD in a laptop or even floppy disk in a desktop. Nobody misses it now. What concerns me is that the alternative for the 3.5mm that Apple is offering is not the universal plug (lightening connector is Apple's) so other manufacturers will have to come up with other alternatives (probably USB-C type) or just keep offering 3.5mm plug.