Originally Posted by
ffsim
For a company that prides itself on the user experience, how can they think it's elegant to plug one's analog headphones into one's Apple-made Lightning dongle only to then plug it into one's 3rd-party dual-Lightning dongle for the privilege of charging one's phone while listening to music????
They don't.
"Elegant" is using your new Apple Pods with your new Apple iPhone.
Adapters are gauche and only terrible people will use them. Cheap, tacky people who are of insufficient taste and means to constantly upgrade to the newest Apple products.