Their trackpad can and does work via USB so ???
I have one of their trackpads and it works great with Ubuntu over USB but not over Bluetooth for some reason. (It connects, but Ubuntu doesn’t handle it well.)
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TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 weeks agoThe design forces the user to use it wirelessly. Apple just wants their products to look better, meaning NO CORDS EVER. It’s entirely about aesthetic.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
It’s literally just the same body as the OG Magic Mouse, which had a bay for a pair of AAs underneath. All they did was remove the bay, put a rechargeable battery in there, and a socket to charge it. It takes a couple of minutes to give it 9 hours of juice.
There’s no grand conspiracy.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’ve said too much they’re coming for me they know they know they know
reddig33@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If that’s the case, then why does the wireless keyboard have the port on the back?
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They should have just released a mouse pad that can charge the mouse wirelessly then.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If I worked at Apple, I’d hire you right here, right now.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
$7.000
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
im surprised they haven’t done this tbh
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Apparently Logitech does have this out now, so I wonder if they patented the “concept” and it will be another 20 years before anyone can do it. Assuming that someone else didn’t already do it 20 years ago and that patented already ran out.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ive seen one at least 10 years ago already. But that didn’t exactly charge the mouse, instead the mouse relied on always being on the pad to work.