Phones and laptops are quite different in terms of form factor, use case case and therefore demand and limitation. I think the headphone jack is safe for now.

So you believe that a reviewer or perhaps a random internet commenter making a statement for or against a feature such as a headphone socket "gives attention" which is picked up by a company as it works on the spec for subsequent models? How would that work? How would you know whether the person was going to buy one anyway, or wasn't an idiot - what if you get some people who like it and some who don't? Wouldn't you just stick with the status quo, or talk to people who know what they're talking about?

I have a current-gen macbook pro and a Google Pixel 1. I feel like I'm living in a great, but precarious period when I can charge my phone and my laptop with the same cable, and plug my headphones into either my laptop or my phone (while charging!). The phone is getting old though, and I'm hoping that when it dies, the replacement will have both USB-C charging and a headphone jack too. Is that too much to ask?

I own a macbook pro 15 , which is a work laptop and it's horrendous. The keyboard has so less travel that it feels like the keys were pasted on top of the keyboard, the touchbar is annoying when you want to use the function keys while programming, it has 'zero' usb ports so when you need to plug in a HDD you need to hunt for an adapter. Same with you are in a meeting and want to connect hdmi/displayport off you go adapter hunting again.