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Apple cables really are terrible. I've had teh cladding come off multiple Lightning cables to the point I never use the Apple cable anymore. I just buy Anker ca
by jmyeet 5y ago
Apple cables really are terrible. I've had teh cladding come off multiple Lightning cables to the point I never use the Apple cable anymore. I just buy Anker cables without thinking about it.
I honestly don't know how Apple cables can be this bad. More to the point, I don't understand how Apple leadership can tolerate this from a PR perspective.
- Hello71 5y agoAllegedly, one major reason is that Apple has been successfully pressured by Greenpeace to remove PVC from their cables, causing them to be more brittle and fail sooner. https://fee.org/articles/this-is-the-real-reason-your-iphone-cables-break/ https://fee.org/articles/this-is-the-real-reason-your-iphone... is one source, but Apple and Greenpeace themselves tout this "achievement". It seems to me to be just like replacing nuclear power with coal and natural gas power: another casualty of ideological extremism at the expense of the actual environment.
- ajyotirmay 5y agobraided cables? Apple PR is just BS at best
- jmyeet 5y agoInteresting. What about nylon clad cables? Anker makes these (as do others) and this is what I buy. Why couldn't Apple sell those?
- sleepybrett 5y agoI think the new imac has a braided coating like those fancy anker cables for it's main power cable.
- sudosysgen 5y agoBecause they just didn't think about it. Poor engineering.