I’m of the camp that cables can and do make a difference but that those differences are always subtle, at best.
While I largely agree with this, I shy away from using the term “always” in audio. While most of my cable changes have made subtle improvements, there have been a few that were not subtle. However, I’d also submit that just because improvements may be relatively subtle relative to, say, a speaker change, that doesn’t mean they aren’t important or even indispensable once you hear them to the point you wouldn’t go back to what you had before. That’s my experience anyway.