They certainly don’t come with anything nonessential anymore.

This is part of my frustration with Apple lately. Buying an Apple product, any Apple product, used to be a premium experience. You received everything you needed, and more. There were plenty of cords, controllers, etc. and even stickers! The packaging was beautiful to look at, easy to work with (no squeaky Styrofoam!), and cleverly constructed. You were excited to get the package home and open it.

Now, Apple seems to cut corners where ever possible; as someone else mentioned the power brick no longer includes an extension cable. To make matters worse, the USB-C cable they do include is a "power only" cable and won't allow you to hook up other things to your MBP. This means to hook up your monitor to your new computer you have to remember to purchase a "real" USB-C cable.

This is on a product that costs thousands of dollars! Can they not afford to provide a usable set of cables with your $2,500 computer?

They don't even come with a three prong extension cord anymore.

The replacement USB-C chargers don't even come with any way of connecting to the computer.