You don’t wear your iPhone or iPad on your head with the cable plugged in all day like you do with headphones.

Apple’s USB iPhone cables wearing out prematurely is so common it’s a meme.

Not sure why you're being downvoted.

Maybe Apple's changed their cables recently, but the fragility is the reason I avoid Apple cables.

Especially in headphones. The number of times those broke during a bike ride or run was way to high for me to keep wasting money on them knowing full well they weren't going to last more than a few months just like every other Apple headphone I've ever had.

Because the woven cables are quite durable.

https://www.techgearlab.com/topics/electronics/best-usb-c-ca...