I received my first iPod when I was 10 years old. It was a little white iPod Nano that only had a couple games on it, and it was the size of the palm of my hand. Boy, did I love that thing. Instead of having to lug around a portable CD player with my humongous collection of CDs, I could easily put all of my music on this little device that could fit in a wallet. Flash forward seven years, and I received my first iPhone. Now I could have both my phone and iPod all in one device, along with a multitude of apps that I did not need WiFi to use.

Honestly, now I use my phone more for music and music apps than I do for actually talking on the telephone. So when I saw the news that Apple may be ridding the iPhone 7 of the headphone jack on the side of my Facebook newsfeed, my heart sank. I need music. I also need my iPhone. I have argued for years that iPhones are better than Samsung Galaxies.

But now, if this rumor is true, it is looking like at some point I will either have to deal with using Apple's special headphones, buy an adapter for $29, or give up my loyalty to Apple all together. Honestly, I foresee the latter happening.

So what is this all about anyways? Well, if you have paid attention to how iPhones have evolved, you have noticed that they are decreasing in thickness and increasing in size (which, by the way, is the exact opposite of what I would have done). Personally, I think that the iPhone 5 is just the right thickness and size. The iPhone 6 looks like a brick, and I cannot even imagine what the iPhone 7 will look like.

A little over a year ago, Apple bought out Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. The possible change to the way we listen to music on our Apple products will probably have something to do with Beats. Apple will rid the iPhone of the headphone jack and instead force us to use the charging jack, also called the Lightning connector.

While this is a tragedy for me, Forbes writer Gordon Kelly states, "Headphones with a Lightning connector would be able to do more than lower/increase volume, end calls and skip tracks. There could be specific app control or even the ability to set a specific app to start when they are connected. Since the Lightning jack can also receive power, not just send it, you could still charge a device by connecting it to your headphones while listening to music."

However, because almost everyone and their cousin has an iPhone, this would put headphone companies out of business. Now, tell me that doesn't sound like trouble.

I love Apple products, but this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I've been told for many years that Apple is trying to control electronics by making it so you have to use their products. Proprietary hardware, anyone?

The iPhone 7 isn't set out to be released until fall of next year, so who knows? Maybe we can all join together and convince Apple that this is a very, very bad idea. I will give them this, though: they are creepily ingenious with their marketing and the way they create their products to only fit Apple products.

Enjoy your cheap headphones from the dollar store while you can. You may not be able to use them in a year or two.