> It’s becoming somewhat of a popular trend in the airline industry to cut costs by having the passenger bring the hardware,

I mean, there's virtually no one taking a flight without at least a phone if not a laptop/tablet with them, and most of them probably have a much better screen and headphone support then whatever outdated stuff would be built in to the plane.

The only thing I really miss on flights that don't have the seat backs is the thing that shows the altitude and progress on the map.