[sokoloff]

I suspect it’s a mix, but if you stay off the absolute bottom of the barrel, there are plenty of third-party USB supplies and wireless chargers that work great and are significantly cheaper than the Apple ones.

Anecdote of one: wife bought an iPhone 13 mini yesterday at an Apple store and turned down all the hard sells on accessories and AppleCare.

[InitialLastName]

> third-party USB supplies and wireless chargers that work great and are significantly cheaper than the Apple ones.

Have you checked those chargers against the UL certification database to confirm that the people who check the "won't catch on fire" part of the "works great" is actually true?

[sokoloff]

I do not cross-reference the UL database on each of my online shopping trips. I trust that the middle-priced brands (Amazon, Anker and the like) are not selling crap.

[InitialLastName]

That's mighty self-assured, given Amazon's track record of selling (and commingling) crap.

[teekert]

I still mostly use the charger that came with my HTC Legend. It has been under the bed and its usbA port has seen at least three types of cables over the last decade (12 years even I think).