Given that the Magic Keyboard can be used while plugged in, and the Magic Mouse (clearly) can't, this should be read as a design decision, rather than simply la

Given that the Magic Keyboard can be used while plugged in, and the Magic Mouse (clearly) can't, this should be read as a design decision, rather than simply lazy placement. My guess is that in testing, they found quite a few users were keeping their KB/Mouse plugged in and charging all the time. The Keyboard remains relatively stationary, whereas the mouse moves around quite a bit.. Given how frayed iPhone Lightning cables become when you move them, Apple probably (rightfully) worried that using the mouse while plugged-in would lead to damaged cables and a bad experience. Moving the charging to the bottom stops this behavior. People will charge their mouse, then use it wirelessly.. While I think a better solution may have been to re-engineer the lightning cables to be more resilient, this doesn't seem insane. They're trying to use design to encourage certain user behavior, while discouraging others that don't work well.