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USB-C was 2016 but yeah. 2006 to 2022, the changes were MagSafe 1 -> MagSafe 2 -> USB-C -> MagSafe 3. That's enough changing that every new laptop you bought probably had a different way of charging, and the MagSafes were hardly different from each other.

But the alternative was you got a Dell/whatever laptop with some one-off charging mechanism.

Thankfully they do still charge on the USB port but yes it does seem odd they didn’t just give customers another usbc port instead.

I do quite like the usability of lightning, and I was quite upset when they cut it. I tried using 3rd party USB-C magnetic adapters, but they mostly suck. I welcome the dualism of new lightning + USB-C charging, the best of both worlds.

MagSafe has a lot of benefits. High wattage before the latest high wattage usb-c came out, and easily disconnects which is great for laptops.

Seriously , I’ve seen it save so many laptops in its current and prior generations.

You can use either, or both at the same time.