alt Hacker NewsI 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.
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treyd • today at 11:41 AM
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.
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.