Comment by jasode

>No bluetooth? Mildly annoying, but especially with the 3.5mm jack, I could live without it.

For most people, it can be difficult to predict future scenarios for Bluetooth that's unrelated to wireless earphones. I always use wired earphones and didn't think I ever needed Bluetooth and always had it disabled. However, I was later forced to use it to configure new devices. E.g.:

- internet router (Eero) from ISP has no buttons or a status display so required Bluetooth on smartphone to configure it

- battery backup power station (Delta Ecoflow) require Bluetooth to configure them

The common theme is for device manufacturers to avoid adding elaborate LCD displays or touchscreen interfaces to the actual device and instead -- offload the configuration UI to the customers' smartphones... which necessitates pairing via Bluetooth.