[deodar]

This is exactly right. Lightning is more resilient to damage. Lightning also puts the fragile part on the charger side and not in the device. Two of my USB-C devices developed loose connections after a year or so that replacing the charger wouldn't solve, a camera and a Windows laptop.

[pkulak]

Wait, do you have those reversed? Lightning cables have zero moving parts. The clips and other bits and bobs are in the phone. USBC is reversed, so that, with USBC, most failures mean replacing the cable, not the phone.

[londgine]

Look inside the USB c port. Do you see a little bar sticking out, that is the breakable part

[pkulak]

Every part is breakable. But USB-C puts the little roller-ball grabby bit (technical term) in the cable, not the port. That's the real wear item. Not that I've actually ever had it fail on me, in either standard, but on a pure theoretical basis it is.

[DANmode]

Why haven't I ever had one break (since my first and last Samsung piece of junk in 2010)?

[londgine]

USB C was designed in 2014. How did you have it on your Samsung device in 2010?

[DANmode]

Good point, that further proves mine!

I've never even had a USB C port stop working!

It was a micro USB.