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Not including wireless charging IS caring about the environment. Wireless charging is extremely wasteful and inefficient.
It's inefficient for energy, but it's efficient at saving charging cords. My girlfriend goes through one lightning cord a year.
A phone only needs like 5 watt hours a day max, which is a cost of 365 * $0.08 * 0.005 = $0.15 a year at local prices
I feel like having to replace charging cords is an Apple issue specifically.
I'm horrified by the amount of time my wife had to replace her Mac charger because the cord was breaking.
I don't think I ever had to replace the cord on any of my laptop, replacing the charger because the cord is breaking has never been a consideration before.
I've found that breaking cables is a personal issue. I still have an old usb Xbox 360 controller for pc gaming from when I owned an xbox. My partner has destroyed cables for laptops, hairdryers, headphones in less than 12 months.
Some cables are objectively worse than others (macbook chargers I'm looking at you) but a modicum of care generally is enough to make sure they last without too much hassle.