Opinion: Apple Airpods

This may be old news, but I need to get this off my chest, and see what you guys think about it.

Apple. What is the deal with the no headphone jack thing?

OK, they want to get rid of it for aesthetic purposes and to make it more waterproof, but then they go and demand we have to use the Airpods? Never mind that they cost $160, or that people are going to lose them within the first 20 minutes of getting them. Yes, one could get the headphone adapter, but that's not exactly aesthetically pleasing, and not to mention that's another accessory one has to keep in mind not to lose.

Then there is the whole other issue of those who have bought Beats headphones (which is a subsidiary of Apple, by the way). What is going to happen to those sales?
Is Apple trying to get people to buy the wireless Beats? Or are they only succeeding to drive sales away? Beats was a great acquisition by Apple-- not to mention the biggest one they have ever done, so far. I don't understand why they wouldn't put Beats to better use within the business.

What do you think?