Part of it is use case. You don’t (typically) pull the iPod or any music player out over and over 100 times a day like a phone, so it often sat in your pocket for longer stretches. Big risk to cables because you’d progressively bend the end of the cord or gradually fuck up the port itself.
It’s not about build quality, it’s that small/thin things are generally more liable to bend/warp/snap. If it was a quarter inch plug (absurd but bear with me) this would be a non-issue due to the sheer size.
I have never had a port fail. Were iPods really that low quality? I use them just about every day
Part of it is use case. You don’t (typically) pull the iPod or any music player out over and over 100 times a day like a phone, so it often sat in your pocket for longer stretches. Big risk to cables because you’d progressively bend the end of the cord or gradually fuck up the port itself.
It’s not about build quality, it’s that small/thin things are generally more liable to bend/warp/snap. If it was a quarter inch plug (absurd but bear with me) this would be a non-issue due to the sheer size.