It makes as much sense as my car navigation forcing me select "I agree" to not look at the screen while driving. It is just those who deem themselves to be smarter than the rest of us trying to protect us from ourself.
In the case of a dock it might not be possible for the IOS to recognize one dock from another. In the case of a computer that should not be difficult to implement. My guess is the engineer just found it easier to have the consumer do the work.
In the case of a dock it might not be possible for the IOS to recognize one dock from another. In the case of a computer that should not be difficult to implement. My guess is the engineer just found it easier to have the consumer do the work.