Sometimes its the little things

So I sit here pontificating about grand technological schemes that make sense and I just plain miss the obvious stuff - like putting a stero jack into cars. Its so easy that its just mind boggling no one has done this before. We go out buying lame tape adapters, FM transmitters and all sorts but why did no one ever kick up a stink about this before?

Truth be told I have thought about it before - I always thought it was a vast global conspiracy to force us to buy those epensive CD player options instead of plugging in our own. Or collusion between car companies and all those adapter companies to keep us coughing up $20, $30 or more just to get around the absence of a 10 cent part and a whole in the front of the player.

Well I'm sure those who have separate amps and CD players in their car could have rigged an external switch and input for the amp, and it strikes me as odd that the car audio companies never thought of doing this before for the aftermarket. But really, there's not much to say than "Duh! About time to!"

Please post comments with any other obvious but strangely absent technological advances society is missing.