See you lose credibility when you start throwing around words like mindless and sheep. Apple sells how many millions of phones, iPads, iPods, all of which come with the same cable you get. Are there millions of bad reviews on apple.com? Are there millions of bad reviews anywhere on the net regarding the cable that comes with all those devices? I couldn't find em, and I'm willing to wager you won't either. I'm not saying they are the best out there and I do have one that has frayed a bit, of course it's an old 30pin and I've had it for about 6 years.
I still stand by what I said, it's more likely you than the cable. When I was 16 I had a POS Chevy Cavalier that the transmission kept going out on it..... I was getting pissed having to spend 800-1000 every 6 months to fix it/swap it out. My dad made the suggestion that it was most likely my driving that was causing the issue.... Of course I called him a Chevy sheep and the such, much like you're doing now
When I actually started driving like a normal human and not a dumb 16 year old guess what...... No more trans issues.
Moral of the story? Well I guess it's try making a change in your actions to see if you have a different outcome.