iPhone 12 Leather Case ageing terribly

As soon as I got my iPhone 12 at the beginning of the year I got the Apple Brown Leather Case for it, like I had done for my iPhone 8 when I got that 3 years ago.

To say that the case is ageing not very nicely is un understatement, it just gets ugly. There's a cheap feeling over this case, it wears very roughly on the edges and the large surfaces don't get a nice patina like the previous cases I acquired in 2018 for both me and my wife.

If this is faux leather I wouldn't be surprised. In fact, I would encourage Apple to replace animal skin with something less impactful. But looking at the price I paid though, I would have expected something better.