What happened to Apple design?

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14 points·axg··4 comments

"Fuck you, you'll buy it anyway" is what happened.

Nobody that has to worry about competition from the Logitech MX decides to put the charging port of a wireless mouse on the bottom.

Ugh, this complaint again:

> Similar to the goofy way you must insert Apple's Pencil into the bottom of the iPad Pro, Apple asks Magic Mouse 2 users to flip the device on its back like a beetle with its legs in the air and plug in the cable. You cannot use the mouse this way, naturally, and it seems a strange choice considering wired mice have had cables running from their front ends for decades.

I'm sure that this is deliberate. Apple does not want you to use the mouse while it is charging. If the charging cable attached to the top like a wired mouse, then Apple would have to make the cable and port more rugged and do lots of testing to make sure that constant plugged-in use didn't break it. You only have to charge it a few minutes a day, or overnight once a month, so it's not a real inconvenience.

If you want to use the mouse while plugged in, just go buy a wired mouse.

I think the main argument against this is the risk of running out of battery while you are using the computer. Forcing the user to stop using the mouse to charge is not very great.

That being said, I think Apple's (or Ive's) justification for the port on the bottom would come from the design issues with a front-facing port (asymmetry), and I guess for them the trade-off is worth it. It probably is for me, too.

From the article, I'd say the point is "Apple used to pride itself on avoiding these kind of design compromises"

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