Number of times I tripped over the cord and the Magsafe connector saved my laptop: countless.

I still haven't tripped over my Magsafe cord, but I love being able to wave the cord in the general location of the port and see it snap into place.

It's incredibly satisfying having it click in.

I also like just being able to grab my laptop and flick the connector off really quick.

Seriously. My cats are assholes and the Magsafe helped so much.

I even have one installed in my motorcycle trunk for on-the-road charging. No worries about it damaging the machine.

I mean there's nothing saying you can't have a break-away cable even now. Look at the Xbox, the controllers are USB and they break near the system if the cable is tripped on. It's perfectly possible to have USB type C and MagSafe at the same time.

In fact, you could probably have a USB-C-to-MagSafe-to-USB-C adapter. Knock your laptop and the cable comes loose, with the adapter left plugged into the port.

Kickstarter, anyone?

There's nothing saying you can't have a breakaway cable, but the cable it comes with does not appear to break away.

Exactly this. I love being able to use a plug that is near a well traveled area and have no worries about my computer if people trip over it.