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		adrr on Nov 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad Because Amazon Basics is the bottom of the barrel. Their cables do not last. You can buy Anker cables for around the same price. Their batteries are also terrible. It’s not like Costco’s Kirkland signature.

primax on Nov 25, 2022 [–]

I find cable failures to be extremely rare. Are you pulling them out by the cable or the plug? Everyone I see who destroys cables pulls by the cable.

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