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IMO, all connectors have issues, some more, some less.

USB-A has proven remarkably good, despite the "insert 3-times" problem, and it's now fairly large size.

Lightning is ok -- I have found that cables lose their "snap in" ness after a while, the arcing limits the connector lifetime, and I've snapped the tongue off a few (cheap) cables.

USB-B Micro has been pretty good for me, despite the "insert 5 times" problem.

USB-C has advantages of "insert-once", and smaller size, but (in my one-off anecdata) can have issues with losing its snug-ness over time. I thought it was notable, since it was with a MacBook -- so not something badly engineered, or cheap, or whatever.

I guess my view is that it's not a panacea, and arguably, on a par with things it's replacing.