• cali_ash
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    5 months ago

    Have been using that mouse for almost a decade and this literally never has been an issue.

    If you really somehow manage to drain the battery to zero you can just plug it in for 5 minutes and it will work for the rest of the day. Fully charged it lasts for months.

    Complaining about the design it is a purley manufactured issue by people that never used one.

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      5 months ago

      So because of a dumb design decision that they could have easily avoided if they designed a good product, you lose 5 minutes of your time waiting on your peripheral to charge.

      You could just have bought a decent mouse and never had that issue, with no drawbacks in any other way, shape or form.

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        5 months ago

        Ironically, the only time in my adult life when not being able to use the mouse on my computer for 5 minutes would’ve been a major disruption to me was when I had a Mac.

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        5 months ago

        Good thing there is plenty of other mice available for people that can’t handle a simple charging routine.

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          5 months ago

          You mean literally every single other wireless mouse that you can buy.

          I’ve also used this mouse for many years, and it is infuriating when it dies and I have to stop what I’m doing and just… wait.

          No other mouse requires that I adhere to a “charging routine.” With other mice, I can just leave my desk. I don’t have to make sure I plug my mouse in before I leave work, otherwise risking getting out of the habit and then having my work interrupted by a hilarious (I know it’s hilarious because my coworkers laugh at me when it happens) design flaw.

          I fixed the problem though. I had a wired mouse tucked away that I could use for a day rather than do the 2 minute charging shuffle when my magic mouse died.

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      5 months ago

      Even if we put the charging issue aside for a minute (it’s still stupid) the mouse flipped upside down (and the mere fact that you are constantly reminded of it) looks objectively much worse than if there were a charging port visible on the upper side.