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hinkley

Have you seen a tear down of the authentic chargers? There's a lot going on in there.

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Right, but even still, you don't think Apple's commanding actual profit from them? They're up to $90...

This was a really good teardown.

http://www.righto.com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surpr...

The author also does consider the cost of the components.

As mentioned below, a reasonable estimate of the cost is $30.

They could also sell replacement user swappable magsafe cords and defang many of the complaints. But then they couldn't effectively charge $90 for a replacement cord.

I have wanted that cord to be replaceable forever. At least it finally is now. Given how many the kids and dog destroy I consider it an improvement.

I have wondered if the degradation of the cord wasn't some sort of safety guarantee rather than planned obsolescence. When the cord wears out you buy a new one instead of using the ancient one from eight years ago.

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