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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by x0x0 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:18PM (#12946818)
There's also a good chance that, at least in part due to Apple's greed and extravagant prices for chargers / fragile power cords, many people are using knockoff chargers and don't know it. See also Amazon happily selling knockoffs as real -- Apple claims 90% of chargers it recently bought on Amazon are fake and is suing the supplier, though unfortunately is not suing Amazon [1], which might help Amazon find the will to stop people selling fakes.

[1] https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/19/amazon-fake-apple-chargers-ca...

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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by hinkley on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:29PM (#12946865)
Have you seen a tear down of the authentic chargers? There's a lot going on in there.
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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by disillusioned on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:44PM (#12946926)
Right, but even still, you don't think Apple's commanding actual profit from them? They're up to $90...
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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by forgettableuser on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:54PM (#12946981)
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.

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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by x0x0 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @11:45PM (#12947625)
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.

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Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? by hinkley on Monday November 14, 2016 @12:36PM (#12951556)
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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