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Detachable magsafe cables would also make it easier for third parties to sell power adapters, which is almost certainly why Apple power bricks are alone among m
by jbellis 15y ago
Detachable magsafe cables would also make it easier for third parties to sell power adapters, which is almost certainly why Apple power bricks are alone among major manufacturers in not splitting things this way.
- Aloisius 15y agoJust put the same kind of DRM they put in the cable on the other side to auth with the brick.
- X-Istence 15y agoVerifying that something on the other end is an authorised part is not digital rights management and has nothing to do with it. It is simply lock-in.
- mahyarm 15y agoThey already have that. It can cause problems when the DRM circuitry screws up inside the laptop and causes the brick or the laptop to refuse to charge. It just makes things more unreliable.