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Your rationale doesn’t make sense since every single usb port on the device can also charge it. The reasons for MagSafe are likely - people on average prefer
by dagmx 2y ago
Your rationale doesn’t make sense since every single usb port on the device can also charge it.
The reasons for MagSafe are likely
- people on average prefer a connector they don’t need to guide in or worry about pulling their laptop down with. This is borne out in the reactions even on HN when it was reintroduced.
- it frees up the USB-C ports for actual data use. If people are often dedicating one port for charging, it’s almost a waste to run data lines to it.
- MagSafe came out at a time when USB-C couldn’t carry as much power as the MagSafe connector could.
- ezst 2y ago> Your rationale doesn’t make sense since every single usb port on the device can also charge it. It does, because as I said, we now have a charger that basically amounts to e-waste. As the result of its supposed benefits being very weak and its downsides very real.
- mrkstu 2y agoThe charger is still USB C- one end of the unattached cable is MagSafe, the brick side is USB C, and can charge other USB C devices using a C to C cable - I often use it to quickly charge my iPad Pro.
- dagmx 2y agoThe only part that is single purpose is the cable. Your charger can be used for standard usb-C. The supposed benefits are very real whether you appreciate them or not, as I listed in my comment. , whereas the downsides are that you have one extra cable that you can choose not to use. It feels like you’re making a mountain out of a molehill