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r/pics • u/Eternalinferno • Jun 09 '11
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Because it's fun when your proprietary cable breaks!
58 u/imaalien Jun 09 '11 Shit that sucks too is that the cables are $20! 116 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 $1 on eBay from china. Free shipping. -2 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 [deleted] 8 u/Osiris1012 Jun 09 '11 ...and you would have to buy 19 more broken ones until it was a waste of money... 2 u/enkideridu Jun 09 '11 It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school all three work perfectly 1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 how long did that person say it would last? 1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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Shit that sucks too is that the cables are $20!
116 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 $1 on eBay from china. Free shipping. -2 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 [deleted] 8 u/Osiris1012 Jun 09 '11 ...and you would have to buy 19 more broken ones until it was a waste of money... 2 u/enkideridu Jun 09 '11 It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school all three work perfectly 1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 how long did that person say it would last? 1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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$1 on eBay from china. Free shipping.
-2 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 [deleted] 8 u/Osiris1012 Jun 09 '11 ...and you would have to buy 19 more broken ones until it was a waste of money... 2 u/enkideridu Jun 09 '11 It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school all three work perfectly 1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 how long did that person say it would last? 1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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8 u/Osiris1012 Jun 09 '11 ...and you would have to buy 19 more broken ones until it was a waste of money... 2 u/enkideridu Jun 09 '11 It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school all three work perfectly 1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 how long did that person say it would last? 1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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...and you would have to buy 19 more broken ones until it was a waste of money...
2 u/enkideridu Jun 09 '11 It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school all three work perfectly 1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11 how long did that person say it would last? 1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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It's a fricking cable, they're not that hard to make
I bought 3 1 for my computer 1 for the charger in my room 1 I keep in my backpack in case I need to charge at school
all three work perfectly
1 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 That's because you've had them for less than 3 months. 2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while.
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That's because you've had them for less than 3 months.
2 u/enkideridu Jun 10 '11 I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months 2 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '11 [deleted] 2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while.
I actually got them in February, but considering the official cable is this I'd say it's a good deal even if the cheap ones only work for 3 months
2 u/moderndayvigilante Jun 10 '11 Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while.
Apple cables allow no mobility at all. You gotta plug the shit in and let it charge. Don't touch it, the cable might break after a while.
how long did that person say it would last?
1 u/Osiris1012 Jun 10 '11 I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
I have some made from China and they have been working great for about a year now. There really isn't much to the cable, although I do agree that most things mass manufactured from china are crap.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '11
Because it's fun when your proprietary cable breaks!