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I was never able to get annoyed with the mouse charging port. The idea was that you could plug it in for a few minutes, go and make a coffee / have a piss / whatever, and when you came back it was good for weeks worth of juice. Ultimately, Apple didn’t want people using their wireless mouse with a wire.
But it does lead to a discussion about what art means to the viewer vs the artist. Apple’s job was to make a mouse to sell to users, and the users job is to use it however they see fit. Trouble is, Apple are terrible for not wanting the users to cloud what their vision is for their products.
I don’t know what world you live in where you can plug those things in for a “few minutes” and it be good for weeks of use.
I am sick of apple apologists saying apple didnt want people using their wireless mouse plugged in. If that was the case they’d also make their wireless keyboard charge port be on the bottom.
Fact is it’s a shitty design that they’ve been too lazy to change or update for over a decade.
Also, industrial design is not “art.” It is a craft that, when wielded responsibly, creates a product that is as user friendly as possible.