...but those laws are crazy and have no logic to them...
Unfortunately, those sorts of "laws" are common in the U.S.A. Note that I put "laws" in quotation marks as there may or may not be product safety laws in place here. But, there may be product safety rules implemented by bureaucrats in response to legislation or there may be court cases that set precedent or there may be corporate legal teams who are trying to protect the corporation from future legal challenges.
There was a celebrated case several years ago involving a woman who went to the drive-through at major fast-food emporium. She ordered coffee which she then spilled in her lap causing burns to her skin. Was it the restaurant's fault that she spilled the coffee? Was it the restaurant's fault that the coffee was served scalding hot? The court, aka a jury, ruled that the restaurant should not serve their coffee that hot. So, the restaurant had to make some changes to their procedures and they are now careful to warn you about hot coffee.
Seems ridiculous, right? Whatever happened to common sense and personal responsibility? How did we become a country where we expect the courts, the government, and major corporations to protect us from our own carelessness or stupidity?
Frankly, I think,
i.e. it is
my opinion, that this whole headphone jack thing is a waste of time. Uniden's engineers made a decision that possibly was driven by Uniden's lawyers. Unless you can show that Uniden's production department installed the wrong parts or installed them improperly, there's probably nothing that can be done other than external workarounds. It is what it is.