In a way, the auto EJECTION makes sense considering that the Mac was designed to be used by people who were not at all computer literate. It removes the chance of data corruption if the disk were ejected in the middle of a write cycle. A menu or disk light could easily be ignored by somebody without a clue. To say nothing of the fact that going with the Sony 3.5 and the plastic shielded disks was the right move as well.

That being said, I don't quite understand the point behind auto INJECTION for floppies. That seems like a totally needless expense.

BTW, folklore.org REALLY makes you appreciate what a hack Steve Jobs is, and how brilliant the rest of the Mac team were.