Perhaps that’s what Apple had in mind: let the flimsy wire be sacrificial before doing physical damage to the Lightning Port If snagged, pulled too hard, etc.
I’m fairly careful when using the dongle (riding on an airplane, train, etc.) so my the earbud cord has more than enough slack to take any pressure off the port should I snag it accidentally.
I’ve been using these DACs for several years (and even on a stationary Rasberry Pi streamer) and I couldn’t be happier.
Don’t tell Apple, but they could me charging twice as much for them!
Sorry for the sidetrack. Back to your regularly scheduled Meizu review.
I think I did not relay my meaning well.
A stiff heatshrunk cable, has more of a leverage. If tugged, the extra lever effect, magnifies the effect to damage the port.
I make my own USB cables, and because of this, I make the USB-C plug (in my case), as tiny as possible, because even a tall plug, has plenty of lever effect.
See this:
By the way, I doubt, Apple makes any money on a $9 device.
They either made tens of thousands of them (or more) and now they are getting rid of them, OR, they had made some other political decisions, as to why!