I haven't had any issues with mine. Granted, mine is from Amazon so there is a high chance it's "certified". Still considerably cheaper than the cables from Apple.
Yeah but if you are clicking on everyone to see who clicks on you, you don't have to pursue anything.
If someone clicks on you and you don't want to sleep with them, you wouldn't reach out to them about it, no? So you don't reach out to anyone, waiting for them to reach out to you to express their interest.
And now you get to the point where both are waiting forever for the other to make the first move to avoid embarrassment.