You don't become a trillion dollar company by selling people things they need. The strategy is to induce demand.

Apple designs products so that when broken it requires a repair that costs 50-75% the cost of the device if repaired by Apple. If you're paying that much to fix it you might as well just buy a new one.

The apple vision pro is glued together, the outer shell and internal lenses have highly scratchable plastic on the outside. Want to fix it, over a thousand. They can't just remove some screws replace the broken part. This is a deliberate design decision.

It's not about making good products, it's about money. If you decide buy a trackpad for when your mouse is charging, apple make bank.

Yup, I have a Logitech MX Master 3 at work and it works just fine while charging. Oh, and it has two real scroll wheels, a thumb button (great for switching workspaces), and is really comfortable to use. A magic mouse has none of those things.

At home I have a Logitech Triathlon at home, which I actually like better. There's no horizontal scroll wheel, but the vertical scroll can tick side to side to get the same effect. It's smaller, uses AA batteries, is more convenient to switch devices (I have it connected to my Steam Deck and another laptop), and the thumb button is easier to press.

I really don't like the magic mouse. To be honest, I also don't like my MacBook Pro, but I need it for work, so whatever. I guess I'm just not the target market.

But my aesthetic!

I don't even think it's pretty to look at, it's honestly quite boring. Then again, I don't like how any of Apple's hardware looks, so I guess I'm not the target market.