I generally play everyday. I cannot remember when I last broke a string - of ANY manufacture. I had a Newtone unravel once about 5 years ago.
So the assertion it's mechanical or style of play seems reasonable. In the 70 s I used to break strings as tuning was more haphazard ( for me) and I was playing a 12 string so went through octave G strings quicker than a fox through the hen house.
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