[andsoitis]

> Apple had been turning magnets in the iPad covers so that reversed polarity prevented them from being compatible with iPad of previous generation

That's not actually what happened. See https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/the-case-of-the-myst...

[yipbub]

That article doesn't confirm or deny whether that happened. It outlines the speculation and says that Belkin fixed something.

Some users on ifixit said that switching the polarity worked for them: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/83099/Smart+Cover+Magnet...