[dividedbyzero]

It's always weird to read things like that because I definitely mistreat my cables, and I've had lots die, but my Apple ones hold up very well. I have just one Lighthing cable that recently broke and that one was from 2013 IIRC so I guess that's ok. Everything else seems to hold up about as well as expensive Anker cables, if not better, including Macbook chargers going back to 2005 or so. I'm in the EU though, maybe the cables I get are different in some way?

[rumori]

All my Apple cables have fallen apart, granted it took them 3-5 years, but still. Never had so many issues with any other brand. And it’s something I see with everybody I know. I’m in central Europe.

[jsjohnst]

> It's always weird to read things like that because I definitely mistreat my cables, and I've had lots die, but my Apple ones hold up very well.

Just wanted to say, you aren’t alone. I don’t do anything special with mine, I’m sure I mistreat them as much as the next person, but like never have the kind of damage I’ve seen others have or complain about.

[ip26]

Different folks mistreat in different ways. I’m struck by the number of people who will yank their laptop to move the power brick, for example, which is of course the worst case scenario for cable strain relief and leads to premature socket failure in the laptop.

[kalleboo]

I wonder if temperature is a factor and heat degrades the plastic in Apple's cables faster. I live in Asia where summers are hot and humid, and on the Intel MacBooks my MagSafe plug would always be super hot due to the high power draw when working. Once your cable gets a kink and slight damage, the resistance increases and it gets even warmer and you end up in a cable death spiral.