Why are the iPad cables so flimsy?

The battery on my iPad is about to run out and my cable has stopped working. I have replaced it 4 times now and I'm getting fed up with them breaking all the time. Apple should redesign the cables and make them more sturdy. It's not fair to the consumer to make them so flimsy that they constantly need replacing. I understand they need to make money as a business but come on, customer satisfaction SHOULD be their priority surely?

You must be doing something out of the ordinary, otherwise everybody would be complaining about them breaking if it was normal, which isn't the case.
Where exactly are they breaking?
Are you constantly winding them up tightly and unwinding them?
Are you pulling the wires instead of the plugs to unplug them?
Are they official Apple cables, or some cheap third-party ones?
Cables don't just break on their own, and as I said, none of mine have ever shown any signs of wear (the white colour gets a bit dirty over time, that's all) nor am I aware of any of my friends cables breaking.

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???No.
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How to explain my second quesiton then? Why the main thread always terminates before some of the child threads end? Thanks a lot.

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