Agreed. The life of a phone includes multiple cables (unless someone here knows some trick I don’t), so including OEM hardware that’s tested and recommended for the device is great and I wish it were still standard. Phone manufacturers not including parts that they still sell separately seems to have little to do with environmentalism/conservation and much to do with profits.
A smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It’s me. I’m the smart coffee maker.
Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.