Why the New MacBook Pro Might Be Great for Hackers

In an interesting writeup at Medium, Adam Geitgey has shared his thoughts on why the new MacBook Pro is the most expandable computer Apple has ever made, and how the USB-C makes so many new things possible, turning the laptop into a “hacker’s dream”.

He notes that you can even use its usb charger to charge other devices such as a Google Nexus 6P, which also uses a USB-C port. Similarly, you can charge the new MacBook Pro with other USB-C chargers.

And gone are the days where you have to spend $90 to buy an official MBP charger from Apple. You can buy any USB-C charger with enough power output and use it with your MBP. You can even charge your MBP and phone together from one of those generic portable USB-C backup batteries. 

Geitgey also points out how users have been complaining that you have to carry around a bag of dongles in order to plug in your external devices.

I think people are thinking of these dongles as a useless Apple tax they have to pay in order to use their devices with the latest Mac. But that’s not exactly the case. These “dongles” are generic USB-C devices. They work with any USB-C device.

This means you can take that same USB-C Ethernet adapter you have for your MBP and plug it right into your cell phone.

Universal sharing of accessories between devices is a hacker’s dream. It’s the exact opposite opposite of vendor lock-in. You can just plug anything into anything and it (mostly) works.

He shares tons of fun examples of what you can do with USB-C on the New MacBook Pro. Hit up this link to read the entire article.