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this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2024
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This must be a joke. That can't actually be how they designed it right?
The gen 1 mouse had removable batteries connected to a door on the bottom.
The gen 2 mouse went with a rechargable battery, but they didn't want to retool the factories making the top shell, so they couldn't put the charging port anywhere other than the bottom part they were redesigning.
Just charge the mouse overnight when you're not using it. Also the charge cable disables the sensor so you can't fix this "design feature" by modifying the mouse. Why not buy the desktop trackpad if you really need an input device when your mouse is charging?
Why should I buy two devices to do the same job, where a single device from any other sane manufacturer would function 100% of the time? Especially after paying a premium for the branded device?
Pay more to get problems others don't have, then pay even more on top to solve those problems...
You don't become a trillion dollar company by selling people things they need. The strategy is to induce demand.
Apple designs products so that when broken it requires a repair that costs 50-75% the cost of the device if repaired by Apple. If you're paying that much to fix it you might as well just buy a new one.
The apple vision pro is glued together, the outer shell and internal lenses have highly scratchable plastic on the outside. Want to fix it, over a thousand. They can't just remove some screws replace the broken part. This is a deliberate design decision.
It's not about making good products, it's about money. If you decide buy a trackpad for when your mouse is charging, apple make bank.
I would love for an evironmental protection agency to hold corporations accountable for designed obsolescence.
do you even regulatory capture, bro?