Nonetheless, many people out there still have older Lightning iPhones but haven't yet made the jump to wireless headphones. Third-party options are out there that they can use—at least for now—but the popular Apple adapter seems to be following the same script that other deprecated Apple accessories have followed when riding off into the sunset.

If you haven't heard, Apple is all about USB-C now, with the old Lightning port being close to being retired for good. Apple is now killing off the Lightning headphone jack adapter, as well as a bunch of other adapters, even though devices with Lightning ports are still common.

Ever since Apple got rid of the headphone jack, fans of serious sound have relied on a little dongle: the Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter. And now it seems the dongle is doomed.