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There's also a good chance that, at least in part due to Apple's greed and extravagant prices for chargers / fragile power cords, many people are using knockoff
by x0x0 10y ago
There's also a good chance that, at least in part due to Apple's greed and extravagant prices for chargers / fragile power cords, many people are using knockoff chargers and don't know it. See also Amazon happily selling knockoffs as real -- Apple claims 90% of chargers it recently bought on Amazon are fake and is suing the supplier, though unfortunately is not suing Amazon [1], which might help Amazon find the will to stop people selling fakes.
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/19/amazon-fake-apple-chargers-cables/ https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/19/amazon-fake-apple-chargers-ca...
- hinkley 10y agoHave you seen a tear down of the authentic chargers? There's a lot going on in there.
- disillusioned 10y agoRight, but even still, you don't think Apple's commanding actual profit from them? They're up to $90...
- forgettableuser 10y agoThis was a really good teardown. http://www.righto.com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surprising.html http://www.righto.com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surpr... The author also does consider the cost of the components.
- x0x0 10y agoAs mentioned below, a reasonable estimate of the cost is $30. They could also sell replacement user swappable magsafe cords and defang many of the complaints. But then they couldn't effectively charge $90 for a replacement cord.
- hinkley 10y agoI have wanted that cord to be replaceable forever. At least it finally is now. Given how many the kids and dog destroy I consider it an improvement. I have wondered if the degradation of the cord wasn't some sort of safety guarantee rather than planned obsolescence. When the cord wears out you buy a new one instead of using the ancient one from eight years ago.