I believe you're missing my point. Yes, the market is older for cables now but there is a massive difference in quality between a charging cord you buy on amazon vs an Apple manufactured one. When apple/samsung say they are no longer going to provide cords why would the average person who needs a new one spend 30$ on an official cable? They wouldn't, and as a result, they'll buy multiple 3rd party cables which are of much lower quality, will not last, and be added to the landfills. An apple or Samsung-produced cable will most likely last the entire life of the phone even when abused.

Damn, so let me just buy something with no way to charge it if I didn’t already have a charger for it. This definitely isn’t creating more waste by forcing people to buy cheaper poorly made charging products, to which they will buy multiple of instead of only having the one properly made iPhone charger that would last the lifetime of the phone. You just blow in from stupid town?