Or go deeper until you understand them all

I think you would need another connection (ie. a 3rd stripe, TRRS vs TRS cable) for data transfer. Although digital audio is all data anyways I guess and now I don't even feel right but I've already typed it out.

As a lover of Frito pie, I take offense to this

Exactly... pressure from boards to monetize and CEOs being told to do it but whose skills that got them there don't transfer