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Re:Jony Ive is departing Apple, but he started leaving years... by baddox on Sunday June 30, 2019 @11:15PM (#20322200)
Having a specific vision for how your products will be used and designing them to be used that way doesn’t need to be portrayed as a low opinion of the customer.
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Re:Jony Ive is departing Apple, but he started leaving years... by EpicEng on Monday July 01, 2019 @09:17AM (#20324947)
The comment I responded to:

> thought that was intentional so people wouldn’t treat it like a wired mouse?

The "specific vision" we're talking about here intentionally makes the product harder to use. There is no technical limitation behind the decision, it was purely for aesthetics. If the comment I responded to is correct, then Apple though that people would _forget_ they purchased a wireless mouse to begin with. C'mon.

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Re:Jony Ive is departing Apple, but he started leaving years... by paulcole on Monday July 01, 2019 @03:06PM (#20328665)
I think it's to preserve the battery by not having it plugged in all the time. Also to keep a USB port empty when not in use.
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