I’m not surprised that if you use accessories that aren’t vetted to work with a particular system, that the system may get damaged over time in a way that isn’t

I’m not surprised that if you use accessories that aren’t vetted to work with a particular system, that the system may get damaged over time in a way that isn’t an intentional “self destructing” design. At the time that I’m writing this, the HN title is an editorialized “iPhone 5 through 8 and some iPads self-destruct w non-MFi cables and chargers” when the ifixit link says “How [do] I test the Tristar?” If you take your car to a mechanic and get repairs with generic third party parts and the car isn’t as efficient or reliable as the same model car that was taken to the dealer mechanic doing repairs with parts officially approved by the car maker, would you be surprised? Back in 2013, a woman in China was electrocuted because a poorly designed generic charger was letting dangerous current through to the phone while it was being used: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-starts-power-adapter-trade-program-electrocution-reports/story?id=19882296 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-starts-power-adapter... If you were Apple and wanted to guarantee a minimum level of quality and safety, doesn’t the MFi program make sense? I’ve never thought of MFi certification as a ploy to charge more just because they can. Such a program lets you buy (MFi certified) Anker lightning cables for a lot less than a similar cable made by Apple.