[slipheen]

It’s not intended to be a consumer replaceable connector. People opened up the device and figured out that you can get to that cable, but it’s not mentioned anywhere and not designed to be used directly.

They’re not trying to force a new connector on anyone - they don’t even sell anything that uses it that part.

It’s the way one proprietary part talks to another proprietary part.

If you want to charge the system through USB-C, it has a port for that on the battery pack.

[Doxin]

> It’s not intended to be a consumer replaceable connector.

Isn't this exactly what people are complaining about though? Yes, you can design this to not be consumer replaceable, but would it be that much more effort to just use a more standard connector instead?

[naraic0o]

It designed to be consumer replaceable https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214013

[slipheen]

I think we’re using different definitions of consumer replaceable.

That link is for sending it back to Apple for warranty service.

My point was that as far as I can tell, they aren’t expecting you to swap battery packs or change anything that uses that cable.

They don’t sell extra batteries so it’s not like they’re trying to upsell on a proprietary connector.

Anyway, I do agree that it would be better if it used a regular USB connection — and better still if it didn’t need an external battery pack at all.

[rdl]

They do sell extra batteries. $199.

[slipheen]

Wow, I thought I had read otherwise. I guess I was wrong, thanks.