[naikrovek]

In my house, I replace at least one lightning cable per month. If those are even tugged in the wrong direction, they will bend or break entirely. Also, the copper pad contact surfaces on the surface of the connector often simply fall out of the plug itself, rendering the cable useless.

I'm buying Apple cables from Apple, as well. The lightning connector is garbage, and is easily the worst device interface cable I have ever seen.

Also note that the springs on a lightning connector are on the socket and not the plug.

Lightning cables and sockets are designed to wear out quickly, forcing replacement early and often.

[Lewton]

You might have a device in your home with a broken socket

I have an old iPhone 5 where the socket is messed up in a way where it will instantly break a lightning connector if you plug it in, making it so the cable only works with that phone.

[bayindirh]

As a contracting data point, I’m still using my out of the box lightning cable of my iPhone 5 to charge my iPhone X. That cable is over 6 years old now and it did not break, stray or lost is reliability in any way.

Maybe they forgot to add the secret sauce to my copy, who knows.

P.S.: My iPhone 5s lightning port is also good as new. Just needs an occasional grime removal with a wooden toothpick.

[PascLeRasc]

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[naikrovek]

If they get near me or my family, our aura will wreck those cables, no matter how old or new they are.