In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:
> Thanks. I look forward to buying a cable which flouts the EU regulations. Yay sovereignty.
Sadly (for your point), the choke was there probably to meet FCC - rather than EU - regulations (they are more stringent). And those regulation relate to 'systems' - i.e., to the combination of camera and cable - rather than to the cable itself, so a single cable won't flout anything (EMC related). Oh, and strictly speaking there are no 'EU' regulation anyway - the EU (and the UK) go by the global IEC standards.
Bet you really wanted to know that!
As to your original questions...
Yes, I'd probably avoid excessive use of the micro USB connector - it's quite fragile in the real (gritty) world. Keep it covered, save it for downloading pictures (assuming no WiFi) and treat it GENTLY.