[philistine]

You forgot the springs. Lighting has the springs in the device, while USB-C has them on the cable. That is why Apple stopped improving Lighting and developed USB-C. The stem can break, but it is far more rare than a tired spring, which is an inevitability.

[droopyEyelids]

The lightning connector standard specifies it must survive through 20k plug/unplug cycles, the USB-C standard 10k.

[ksec]

> That is why Apple stopped improving Lighting and developed USB-C

They did not develop USB-C. That was a thing started by Gruber.

[InTheArena]

Apple was involved in usb-c, and the first major adopter.