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My theory.
save the technology experience enhancing bull.
Wires offer a better listening experience. I'm not talking gold plated snake oil here, it's just a simple fact that at this point in time, there is not a commonly used blutooth compression algorithm that offers the same bandwidth as a wire. assuming the DAC in the phone is any good (and it wasn't great in the last few apple phones anyway) then the cabled headphone experience was (and still is) a better listening experience.
as you have pointed out the adapter experience is going to leave the "UX" lacking.
It seems strange.
here we have a company that literally prides itself on making stuff that's easy to use, simple, minimal, intuitive going the same way as nokia trying to put all data and audio on a single port and bundling adapters with the product...
its the company that was rebuilt on the back of music, and the Ipod, listening to music isn't something unique to apple. but it's almost singularly what saved them from bankruptcy... and it's like they just forgot that...
So yes. Wires do offer a better listening experience. I'm not denying that. Also as you said, there's no unifying bluetooth compression protocol that produces the same quality of sound reproduction. But maybe Apple has a protocol like that in their new DAC OR they are trying to push companies to create said protocol. If we can stream 4K content I don't see why someone can't improve bluetooth software to deliver comparable audio to wireless. I've used wireless headphones before and they're pretty darn good, they are just too expensive and battery life needs to be improved. So this goes back to my theory that Apple may just be trying to push new tech (while simultaneously making tons of money).
A lot of today's tech is stagnant. Each new phone that has come out from both camps in the past few years is derivative and only makes incremental changes. Battery life really hasn't gotten all that much better; phones last most people about 12-13 hours depending on usage and that has been the case for years. Wired headphones are still the norm. Now obviously tech can't make major leaps all the time but the cellphone sector is really due for some big advancements.
I think it's safe to say that Apple isn't the same without Steve Jobs. Love him or hate him, the guy was a visionary and was invested in the development of newer, better technology.