I won’t buy a phone that doesn’t have it. I hate to charge my wireless earbuds, also they break after a few years for no reason because the battery got old. So I have a physical aux headset, will last me 10 years easy and never needs charging.
BUT the other day someone suggested to just get an usb-c to aux adapter and I’ll probably do that in future if the aux connector isn’t present on the next phone.
I’ve read that topic so often. I start to believe it’s a military ad.