[schwartzworld]

The real reason is that they want you to get your apps from the app store and that's it. They can't get paid when people install PWAs or sideload open source apps. Same reason for killing the headphone jack. Same reason for having a different shape magsafe for every generation of MacBook. To keep the suckers spending.

[Hackbraten]

MagSafe has had only two variants while it existed (2006–2017). That’s more than a decade.

Both MacBook Pros I’ve owned at that time each came with its power supply included, and lasted me seven years each.

I consider myself frugal, not a sucker.

[schwartzworld]

If you're buying apple products still, you're telling on yourself.

[Hackbraten]

An alternative explanation would be: people have individual preferences, and value is a subjective concept.