Firstly; the round « robust » connector started to malfunction, the cord would slowly drop out of the barrel.

Secondly; My phone is usb c, I only carry around a single cable type now, I feel like I have adcended and reached cable heaven.

I imagine there are other reasons people might want to do so, but from the Tindie product page:

"but long story short, I just love to travel with maximum 2 cables and 1 or 2 power bricks depending on the number of devices I carry"