I was on the same page as you, but a fairly knowledgable podcaster made the case that the weak link in these connectors was the flexy contacts, which are in the

I was on the same page as you, but a fairly knowledgable podcaster made the case that the weak link in these connectors was the flexy contacts, which are in the device on lightning devices and in the cable on USB-C. I'm currently unsure which to believe, but I also kind of don't care anymore. There was never a future where Lightning was opened to the rest of the industry, and Apple never bumped it beyond USB 2.0 speeds, so I'm ready to just get on with it. Except that Apple doesn't appear to be ready to make anymore iPhone Minis, so I'll be stuck with lighting for the next five years… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯