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The simple point is, no one forces you to use wires. Bluetooth has been a thing for decades.
But basically every (yes some exceptions) company that makes phones forced you to use wireless ones.
And in the case of Fairphone it is just simply hypocritical.
The only reason the headphone jack was ever removed is to sell you wireless earbuds.
or a adapter at greater than 20x cost