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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

It very much comes down to how you use them. Within my household, I don’t think I’ve ever had an Apple cable go bad. However I’ve had third party bad from purchase, and my teens go through cables every 6-12 months.

What kind of abuse do your cables go through?

  • do you pull from the hard plastic or the cable?
  • are they on the floor being stepped on or with chairs rolling over them?
  • when carrying are they just stuffed in your backpack or neatly rolled up in a plastic pocket or in a baggie?
  • when tangled, do you just pull harder or do you untangle?