People will often try to tell you that something matters but sometimes you really don’t have to listen to them.
Writing for The Verge, Nick Statt is helpless but to report this tidbit because having “Essential” and “headphone jack” in the same story is basically a form of weaponized catnip for The Verge.
“Essential shows signs of life with launch of $149 headphone dongle.” (Tip o’ the antlers to @designheretic.)
“With this dead cat bounce, Mr. Whiskers has shown that he is alive and ready to take on whatever challenges may come his way in 2019. … Except, uh, he’s not moving.”