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All kinds of reasons - my biggest one being why MagSafe was invented in the first place; I know my power cord is run across the living room due to a lack of power outlets in my 70-year-old apartment, and gets tripped over regularly. Not to mention a proprietary charger can free up a USB port for additional peripherals.

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Tripping over a power cable was a problem created by a battery life that was shorter than a work day, IMO. I have been charging my M1 Mac at night, like my phone.

Wait a couple years and you can say goodbye to your MBA superb battery capacity. Mine is now at 70% after only 3 years and less than 400 cycles. For all the buzz it receives, Apple does not really provide the highest quality. I’ve concluded that:

“Apple gives you awesome first impression and terrible relationship in the long term.”

This is a problem with all laptop batteries, not just Apple batteries.

I'm saying that the OP's reasoning for lack of magsafe is not relevant.

>Mine is now at 70% after only 3 year

70% of an M1 Macbook's battery capacity would still be enough to get you through a typical work day!

> “Apple gives you awesome first impression and terrible relationship in the long term.”

I’ve always heard the opposite. And in fact, my M1 Mac replaces an almost decade old MacBook.

A power strip might help.

For those that don't get it, CPUs can only have so many USB-c ports wired up, it's all trade offs.

Wiring a charger through different circuitry gives you an extra port.

It's also easier to pump more wattage through and tends to be a bit more durable because thicker connectors can be used.

> For those that don't get it, CPUs can only have so many USB-c ports wired up

I don't get it. Why? And how many is "so many"?

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