In a jam fans can sometimes be coaxed back into life.
A motor seizure is usually fixable with some wd40 and oil and they're good for another few months.
(Wd40 isn't oil)
The cable twisting back and fourth over a small area is always going to wear out, when/if it does it's easily fixed with a soldering iron and heat shrink.
The last fan I bought was December 2021
I'm still using it without any mending but I have changed the blade in favour of 3 blades over a 5 which was pretty noisy.
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