True sort-of, but then sprockets are ruined for good and new chain does not fit. That is why had three chains and I rotated them weekly. And then if you throw

True sort-of, but then sprockets are ruined for good and new chain does not fit. That is why had three chains and I rotated them weekly. And then if you throw the oldest chain away after 10000 km, the sprockets will last 30 years. This is how some had done the world on one cassette.