Thickness was, I believe, a factor in this. As in MagSafe 2 came about (over MagSafe 1) to reduce the depth of the socket as well as it's thickness. Many seem t

Thickness was, I believe, a factor in this. As in MagSafe 2 came about (over MagSafe 1) to reduce the depth of the socket as well as it's thickness. Many seem to have forgotten that MagSafe 2 was actually worse than the first one (eg it would fall out on its own more).