People dunk on the USB port being on the bottom because it's an example of how comically opinionated Apple's design is. Even if it only takes a few minutes to charge, Apple decided to make the mouse unusable during those few minutes because they don't want people using their wireless mouse as a wired mouse.

I don’t think it’s that: I think it’s just an uncomfortable mouse that used to run on a pair of Duracell batteries and they did a quick job to replace that with a rechargeable battery.

I rarely see something this hard to relate to - I think I'm pretty open-minded.

I don't get 10% as angry as most people regarding e.g. removing the audio jack, the MacBook USB power port, the touch bar, the shape of the mouse, lack of side-loading on iOS, app store rules, etc etc. Those were/are all bad - but I also see the other side of all of them.

The USB port being on the bottom of the mouse isn't in that list. It's like seeing insanity in a physical form. It's unaccountable.

The bottom is the best place for it. It would look really bad on the top and the rest of the mouse is kinda thin.

Also the port is a retrofit over the previous model which took a pair of AA batteries.

It’s not some terrible design choice from Apple, it’s a lazy revision to an old removable battery mouse without much effort needed to update the plastic tooling to make it.

Yet somehow the whole rest of the industry manages to put it at the front, where it doesn't get in the way.

And the rest of the industry (which is basically Logitech, let's face it) isn't in a race to the bottom to make things thinner and thinner each year.

Apple isn't doing that so much now, maybe they can make a good mouse again with a port that lets it work as both a wired and wireless device. The way the Magic Trackpad does it is very nice.

Of course people would criticize the port placement.

For a company that prides itself for having very good UX and "it just works", the decision to put the port on the bottom is indefensible.

My non-Apple wireless mouse supports being used as a wired mouse, and it's great!

Worrying about the battery goes from a question of "rarely" to "literally never". And I never have to ask myself where the dongle is, which computer it's paired to, or the amount of wireless interference from my neighbors.

Typing with one hand on the keyboard and one on the built-in trackpad?

I have it placed below the keyboard, like in a laptop. I don't see how the right or left side placement is good for hand travel time. If I don't mind that, I would have used a mouse.

Ah, I use mine exclusively on the right.