Shame on you, Apple, for designing the headphone jack to be non-standard

So you intentionally design a headphone jack that doesn't fit any other normal 1/4-inch headphone plugs... You assholes. Because of this, the iPhone only accepts your under-performing (though better than your former) earbuds.

I guess you're concerned with the notion that iPod/iPhone owners are immediately identifiable by white earbuds in their ears. Well I'm concerned too. I might as well wear earmuffs that say "MUG ME!" on each muff.

Why even bother to use the 1/4-inch form? Why not just create something freakishly proprietary like your slim-lined iPod ports/adapters? Instead, you've misled consumers into thinking that iPhone's headphone jack is just like any other headphone jack.

Instead, people are resulting to knifing $80 earbuds to make compatible with your hard crippleware: http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~j.sullivan/Etymotic/

My point is this: Quit reinventing the wheel. Eli Whitney is rolling over in his grave.