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>Simple, the front is not thick enough to accommodate a common port like USB or Lightning

Well, that's the broken design part.

>Changing the design to accommodate a port in the front doesn't make sense because the primary function of the device is to act as a human-computer interface and optimising the design for that purpose is paramount

There's nothing about HCI that prevents a different design.

In fact, the Magic Mouse is one of the least ergonomically optimized mice out there...



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