I argued for it as strongly as I could while I was there, but as I recall it came down to a cost issue (BOM and schedule hit as it was a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't type feature). Since there were alternatives to access connectivity it became one of those battles that was just not worth fighting.

And then for a device that is positioned in the home audio market (think jacked up CD changer) those type of connections don't make as much sense. But then there is the hacker angle to all this...