Originally Posted by
Aileron
Thank you all for these great replies.
Today I found out that Apple has put some kind of chip or sensor in the Lightning cables to force you to buy their brand name (and higher priced) versions instead of the cheaper ones at CVS, Walgreens, etc.
apple has MFI which is some sort of certification/licensing process.
3rd party MFI lightning cables work fine - whether branded monoprice, anker, amazonbasics, amongst many others.
theyre priced at about 1/2 of apple. ive got a bunch and they all work fine