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Also Apple section should have a count of the number of them broken or stolen. ^_^



Magsafe power cables needing replacement, due to the separable part being the side that never ever needs replacement.


Oh, that is separable to make manufacturing cheaper. They ship the same powersupply worldwide and just swap out the plug. It's not for your benifit. Although if you travel a lot it is handy.


That makes sense. But I've replaced more power cables than I can remember because the bit that connects to the laptop frayed. Had to replace the entire 80$ item every time. I'm really not that careless with them, they fray so easily.


Exactly. Apple doesn't really have much of an incentive to make the cables last longer, because you are GOING to buy a new one. People aren't inconvenienced enough by this to make Apple fix this issue.


Also, revenue/profit from selling lightning cables.


And revenue from page clicks of FUD.




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