Idk, I'm with Apple on this one. This product isn't marketed specifically as a laptop charger. It's a 29W power adapter. It can be used with a USB C to Lightning cable to fast-charge an iPhone X or iPad Pro. Or it can be used with a USB C to USB C cable to charge a Mac. Why should Apple assume that what you need is a USB C to USB C cable? Unlike the MagSafe charger, which was proprietary and could only be used on Macs, this adapter can be used for multiple reasons. At no point is this marketed as specifically a laptop charger. USB-C is a standard, unlike MagSafe.

One could argue however that it's unfair to price it $85, and that argument does have merit.

I'm not sure we need another thread of Apple-Bashing but I don't see why this in particular is an issue.

It makes sense to me for them to sell the power adapter and cable separately in case you want to replace just one.

I've bought several power adapters from Apple in the past and in my opinion they make it pretty clear that you're just getting the power adapter.

It seems like people are very happy to jump on any small thing they don't like about an Apple product and act like it's a huge deal.

I think part of the issue is also that the old and the new power brick are about the same price, but the new one doesn’t include a cable. Also the packaging is mostly similar, so it’s not very clear in indicating that there’s not a cable included anymore.

That makes sense.

I've never owned a Macbook so I see it as a huge iPad or iPhone charger instead of a new version of the old Magsafe bricks.

The title alone makes this flagworthy. Ragepost of a ragecomment with no purpose than starting a ragethread. Which you can get at rageddit anyway.