[askvictor]

I believe that was intentional, to prevent people using it plugged in, which would mean most people would keep it plugged in all the time, so it wouldn't be a wireless mouse anymore, but also degrade the battery lifespan.

[fainpul]

I also believe that was intentional. But the reason was the typical Apple / Jobs hubris of knowing better than the users. The desktop looks cleaner with fewer cables, so they wanted to enforce use without the cable plugged in.

I don't have a source for this, but I'm pretty sure I've read something like that a long time ago.

[expedition32]

As someone who doesn't give a flying fuck about design this is exactly what bothers me with Apple.

Computers are not fashion or status symbol they are a tool. Although I do have a "ice" motherboard..

[chocochunks]

It was intentional to recycle the design of the Magic Mouse 1 which used AA batteries. The Magic Touchpad and Keyboard came out the exact same day as the Magic Mouse 2 and they don't share the Magic Mouse 2's stupid design. They both have perfectly usable ports on the front and even work when wired without pairing.

[treyd]

Maybe they should have made the batteries replaceable and make it operable without batteries installed.

Or just ship a wired version for the people who want that.

[bombcar]

That wired hockey puck mouse was an abomination

[userbinator]

Cycling the battery continuously is worse for lifespan.

[benj111]

Right.... So.... Add some charging circuitry. Is it a problem if people don't use it as a wireless mouse anyway.

Yes it's very apple to force users to use devices how Apple wants, but that isn't a particularly good reason.