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I agree with you on 3.5m jacks, but buttons are gone because they’re objectively worse. They’re more likely to fail, slower to use with thumbs, and take up fixed space that could be used for content when the keyboard isn’t in use, which is most of the time. Plus a software keyboard can support many more features, including different layouts for different languages on a single device, swiping and other gestures, multiple layers with visual feedback, emoji selection, different screen orientations, etc. Physical keyboards are gone because they’re objectively worse.
Let's talk cars...touchscreen, or buttons.
I'm sure you'll counter your own arguments
Cars are transportation devices that need to prioritize safety, and aren’t used for communications or visual media. Physical buttons make sense there because it’s a completely different kind of device used for different purposes that require different tradeoffs.
Incidentally, the only qwerty keyboard in my car is also touchscreen, but I never use it because I don’t need to.