[klausa]

On the flipside, this means the thin logic board that connects to the pins is in the host device, not in the cable.

Which means if you break it off, you need to replace the whole port, which might be difficult or expensive; instead of the (relatively) cheap cable.

I _love_ USB-C as a concept, but this alone makes, in my opinion, Lightning the superior physical connector.

And yes, I have had to replace / throw away entire devices because of a USB-C port breaking like this.

Sure, I should be less of a clumsy oaf around my electronics, but I also don't think "not bricking the entire device when extra force is applied to the port" is unreasonable design goal for a physical connector as universal as USB-C is.

[Lendal]

Anecdotal evidence: I have had to replace a device because of a failed USB-C port, but I have never had to replace a device because of a failed Lightning port. I know, it's one data point, but there it is.

[bee_rider]

Was it on a Macbook? I think there could be some confounding factors if not -- there exist bottom of the barrel laptop manufacturers who'll somehow figure out a shitty way to implement a USB-C port. There doesn't exist a bottom of the barrel iPhone manufacturer. Apple does a good job of making sure all their components are mid-tier at least, I think. Maybe we could compare to third party lightning ports but they tend to be pretty rare.

[meatmanek]

The 2016 and 2017 MBPs had garbage USB-C ports which wore out their detents after like 10 insertions. The charge cable (or worse, data cable for an external hard drive) would fall out or lose connectivity with the slightest shift in position.