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I have to change my cables every 1-2 years because they will inevitably break with normal usage.
by yoodenvranx 10y ago
I have to change my cables every 1-2 years because they will inevitably break with normal usage.
- WatchDog 10y agoI must be abnormal, as I have never broken a USB cable.
- yoodenvranx 10y agoI play a lot of Ingress and Pokemon Go with an external battery. Due to the movement and flexing while walking around, the cable destroys itself.
- developer2 10y agoYou're in the minority. Normal people don't break cables. The latest Apple cables still have the cheap rubber sleeve peel away, but you can rip it off entirely and have the metal-coated cable last years without the wire fraying. If you're actually fraying the wire itself, you are treating your phone extremely poorly. I am not gentle with my equipment, and I've never had an Apple cable fall apart to the point of needing replacement.
- corin_ 10y agoAnecdotally I know many, many people who complain about regularly breaking cables, both Apple and non-Apple. Myself included. You ought to give data not anecdotal experience if you want to claim what "most" people do.
- sbd01 10y agoI've washed my micro-usb cable in the laundry more times than I can count, and it still works absolutely fine. I'm not sure how these cables are broken by normal use.