Wasn't one of the goals of the micro-USB plug that if anything failed, it should always be the plug and never the socket? That's always sounded like a sensible

Wasn't one of the goals of the micro-USB plug that if anything failed, it should always be the plug and never the socket? That's always sounded like a sensible approach to me. Of course I'd rather not have anything fail, and yeah, micro-USB plugs do seem to break a bit too easily, but they're easier to replace than a socket.