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They have literally an explanation for this on their website. You might disagree, but saying "it makes no sense"...makes no sense.
Also, they discontinued the earbuds and still no jack on FP5, so the idea that "they wanted to sell their own buds" doesn't seem to be likely.
It makes no sense to me, their whole deal is sustainability, by removing the headphone jack it forces me to buy Bluetooth headphones that all have batteries in them and are presumably not up to Fairphone standards of sustainability.
And saying we're just following market trends sounds like a shitty explanation to me. I have the 3, I'll use it for as long as it works but after that no Fairphone for me.
USB-C earbuds exist. No one is "forcing" you to do anything.
Headphone jacks also exist, so I won't be buying this phone.