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Hopefully someone here can help out...
The disintegration of the outer magsafe cable is fairly well known, sadly.
Insulating tape as a fix deteriorates quickly & leaves a sticky residue, so the answer is to use heat shrink sleeve tubing.
I think 3:1 ratio, 9 mm heatshrink tubing is suggested, as you need to get it over the magsafe end which is the widest point, then get it down to grip the cable. It will be stiffer than the original cable & could be a minor nuisance.
SUGRU apparently works well for small areas at points of strain, but I can't see it being good for longer runs.
I'm afraid the only PS's that I currently have spare are the pre magsafe co-ax mini jack type, sorry about that
I haven't tried non Apple PS's, but they aren't ever licensed, so not a good idea.
Second hand will be OK but eventually could suffer the same fate.
The mag safe cables from earlier & later MacBooks work fine (I'm using a second gen. one) but the later versions used a slightly smaller connector. Having said that, you can buy an adaptor to enlarge the head, so essentially you can use any version that supplies the right voltage/amps or better.
Cheers
Wrap a bit a around the frayed wire and let it set. Mine was worse than yours in the pic.
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If it still works it might be worth trying to prevent further damage?
I genuinely hope that you are OK with your purchase, but my PS runs continuously & isn't even slightly warm..
https://lifehacker.com/dont-replace-your-macbook-charger-with-a-cheap-knockoff-1825605569
YMMV.