I have cables that are 15 years old and still work. Not USB-C obviously, but A-A and A-B, but also some USB-C cables that are close to 10 years old now and came bundled with some OnePlus phone (the 3 I think?).

The key to not breaking cables is to not roll them up tightly. If you need to transport them, put them very loosely into a bag or something, and everything should be fine.

I’m using the cheapest 2m long cables I could find online, they don’t fail if treated correctly.

Probably more like people complaining about Windows, and others recommending a switch to Ubuntu or something.

Windows can do that, but opens archives as folders and will run executables by extracting them to a temp folder without dependencies. And the unpack dialogue is cumbersome, with 7zip you get a simple right click -> extract here / to folder dialogue, that somehow still is too much to ask of the main OS.

• 7-zip
• VLC
• Signal
• Currency
• Handbrake
• Fennec (in lieu of Firefox)

Those are the free ones I use very frequently at least, I’m sure there’s more.