> No one will ever blame themselves, or the shoddy cables, they will always blame Apple.
No one blames Apple when their non-MFI lightning cable stops working. Apple trained their customers to only trust accessories purchased from Apple stores. Even for non-electrical items such as cases or screen protectors. Don't worry, Apple will be fine.
I buy lightning cables directly from Apple. They cost 2-3x as much as generic ones on Amazon but last 5-10x as long. Meanwhile my kids have iPads that are so old they have home buttons and lightning ports, yet still work great while all their cousins have Kindle Fires that are pieces of junk that get replaced yearly.
And of course Apple gives me free delivery of the cables within 2-3 days (Apple Store a few towns over) while even with Amazon Prime I’m waiting sometimes a week for a cable or whatever to be drop shipped from far away.
I’m years away from having to deal with whatever BS happens with these USB-C cables, but I bet by that time the market will have already killed the decent 3rd parties and segmented things into two categories - junk and Apple.
My ye olde iPad 2 is still in use, even though the screen is cracked and the OS hasn't updated in god knows how many years.
Meanwhile I've got a few fancy Nokia Win10 tablets that are literal trash (OS stopped updating) and a pile of Android tablets that can't even display a web page properly. All newer than the iPad 2.
No one blames Apple when their non-MFI lightning cable stops working. Apple trained their customers to only trust accessories purchased from Apple stores. Even for non-electrical items such as cases or screen protectors. Don't worry, Apple will be fine.