Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap...
by hobs on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @06:50PM
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And that is why they have an internal kbase article talking about that cable fraying, and have safety kbases on that as well, or did 5 years ago when I worked there.
- Former apple support guy
Apple has not implemented proper strain relief, with a perforated sleeve (presumably for aesthetic reasons), and they still use a thin, over-flexible wire. Their own website shows the cable wrapped tightly--on a page about avoiding cable damage, no less. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201600)
Blaming the user for, essentially, not being an engineer is common in the tech industry, and it really doesn't help anything, especially from a company that claims to be (and generally is!) as user-friendly as Apple.