Totally fair, why did you ignore the low battery warning for 3 days though?
Because we're human and not behaving in a perfect way and the design of our daily tools should account for that.
"Clearly, it is the user who is wrong."
The point I'm making is that people are making a point out of ignorance.
People think it will be a problem, so make ignorant commentary about it being idiotic, yet in practice it's fine, and not the worst aspect of a terrible mouse.
To me the plug placement was an inconvenience, regardless of how invisible it is to you.
On top of that, it never charged in few seconds after years of use, mine would take longer just to connect to the iMac again.
I was glad to buy magic trackpad I could leave connected 24/7 and never think about it (also I liked it much more than the MM in general).