Apple Mouse Useless While Charging

This is not “stupid” design. It was a deliberate decision to make the mouse useless while charging. Why? Perhaps you're annoyed that you have to pause your work and let it charge, so you'll buy another one as a backup. Also, if you use it long enough, its internal battery will deteriorate, offering progressively shorter work time. If it had the charging port in the front, you could leave it always attached and still use it, just downgrading your wireless mouse to a cable mouse. It would be acceptable for some people. But this way you have to buy a new one. Those are two potential chances for additional revenue with just one seemingly "stupid" design choice. It's the same as putting critical components next to heat sources in their laptops. Apple doesn't do stupid things, it does asshole things.

An Apple Magic Mouse is shown charging with its cable plugged into the underside, making it impossible to use normally while charging. The text argues that this awkward design is intentional planned obsolescence: users may buy a backup mouse or replace one with a degraded battery, framing Apple’s design choices as profit-driven rather than merely stupid. EN: An Apple Magic Mouse is shown charging with its cable plugged into the underside, making it impossible to use normally while charging. The text argues that this awkward design is intentional planned obsolescence: users may buy a backup mouse or replace one with a degraded battery, framing Apple’s design choices as profit-driven rather than merely stupid.

• @gentoomemes / 12969 2024-08-24