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> any time Apple's decisions are questioned, legions of people defend them for no reason.

Maybe because your arguments are very one-sided and border on cult-like anti-Apple beliefs, like

> The cables Apple makes are designed to fail

All cables will fail with use eventually, there's no question to that. But suggesting somewhere inside Apple is an evil mastermind that's trying to get me to buy stuff that's deliberately engineered to be bad to get me to buy more is an accusation of which I've yet to see convincing proof. I respect your decision not to shop Apple, but I really don't like that fact you're spreading false or unverifiable claims.

(n=1, I've had 1 lightning cable break in the last 10 years)