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Jonathan Gulbrandsen@devopscats @cstross https://daringfireball.net/2024/10/in_defense_i_swear_of_the_magic_mouses_charging_port_placement
@jonathangulbrandsen @cstross yeah I’m aware of Gruber’s point of view of this but I disagree, it’s design over function, like the horrendously stupid way the first apple pencil charges
@jonathangulbrandsen @cstross I agree with Gruber on other things, like Apple has lost it’s whimsy, I remember when the old powerbook battery light pulsed slowly when it was asleep, you’d never see that in a modern Apple product
@devopscats @cstross Gruber specifically says its design over function! But that that’s the right trade off in this product. So not sure you read the post now.
Patrick H. Lauke@devopscats surprised they didn't put it on the right-hand side, to be honest. and make it require a special MFi cable
Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄@devopscats Apple will never put the charge port in a sensible place. Letting people use the mouse while it's charging would make it look like a wired mouse, and God forbid an Apple wireless mouse looks not-wireless for a single minute.
Coral (bleached era)@devopscats Apple must, either as a sop to the education market or to give nerds the satisfaction of warning people away, make a awful product.
The final cdrom MacBooks in the retina era; hard disk iMacs until M1; the M1 13.3’ (pro but not pro); and that accursed bar of soap that should come with a physiotherapist’s referral in the box