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I've had several lightning cables fail from moisture getting from my fingers onto the exposed contacts and causing galvanic corrosion. The tube from USB-C seems

by e44858 3y ago

I've had several lightning cables fail from moisture getting from my fingers onto the exposed contacts and causing galvanic corrosion. The tube from USB-C seems to prevent that.

Wojtkie 3y ago
Ah that explains why all my cords have a really tarnished lead.
- ugexe 3y ago
  Are you sure its a tarnished lead? Lots of lightning cables have one tarnished lead (often on each side) from arcing. If I remember correctly using such a cable in a new iPhone could even damage the matching pin inside the phone, leading to the situation where it would start arcing on a non-broken cable (damaging the same leads on the new cable).
arijun 3y ago
Who grabs a cable by the metal bit?
- pindab0ter 3y ago
  "Your average user" does.