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Just clean the teeth on your cassette & chainset regularly if you do a lot of miles or ride through dusty/dirty roads all the time. Spending 60 minutes (tops) every few months is usually enough & from a maintenance POV is a pretty easy thing to do.
When it rains, wipe your chain dry as best you can with a clean rag/old ripped up sheets, then apply 3 in one or any other general 'wet' lube/oil (i've used left over synthetic car oil loads of times). When your chain looks grubby, take it off, clean it and in the meantime have another chain to go on. It really is that simple.
Next time around you clean the one on the bike your original chain is ready to go back on.
You don't need any special waxes or expensive lube, frankly the amount of time you spend cleaning your kit isn't diminished but you end up paying out for stuff you don't actually need.
Been doing this for the last 25 years and never had chain/running gear issues and my cassettes/chainrings/chains seem to last longer than most