> In contrast, I've never had this happen with lightning port on my iPhone despite all the abuse and lint I give it, because the design is inverted with the fli

> In contrast, I've never had this happen with lightning port on my iPhone despite all the abuse and lint I give it, because the design is inverted with the flimsy pin on the cable being inserted into a simple slot in the phone One point in favor of USB-C when it comes to wear is that the moving parts (springy tongues for metal contact and clips to hold the plug in place) are on the cable, whereas on Lightning they are in the plug. So in regular use with Lightning you are wearing out the port, whereas with USB-C you are wearing out the cable. Anecdotally, I've worn out the Lightning port on my Apple smart charging case, but I don't have any USB-C phone to compare to (I have USB-C on my laptop but the use case is too different to draw any conclusions) Also anecdotally, it seems due to required tolerances, it's much more difficult for third parties to manufacture lightning cables - if you buy cheap lightning cables on Amazon, they tend to have poor fit and get loose quickly. Whereas I've never had that problem with the cheap USB-C cables that get packed in with aliexpress junk.