Yes. The proprietary connectors used by Nokia, Ericsson, etc, before USB where all "better" in the sense that the contacts were just pressed against each other

Yes. The proprietary connectors used by Nokia, Ericsson, etc, before USB where all "better" in the sense that the contacts were just pressed against each other, just like what used to be (?) on Ipads and Macs. I've killed a number of USB ports by walking away with or dropping the phone while it's connected.