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How the MacBook Air’s audio port is like Taylor Swift’s belly button

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Their owners have each decided, for different reasons, that it makes marketing sense to keep that feature hidden.

 

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My take: The 3.5 mm headphone jack is pretty well hidden, there’s a fleeting glimpse at 00:16. Do you think Apple is embarrassed? With TS and her umbilicus, I gather, it’s different.

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