[mschuster91]

> while on USB-C the durable part is in the phone

the problem is, it can snap or be sheared off under unfortunate circumstances - say, someone laying their phone on their belly in bed, putting strain on the connector, a chonky cat deciding to jump down right onto the charger cable while the phone is plugged in, or someone dropping their phone while it's attached to a power bank.

With Lightning, it's a matter of removing the broken connector of the cable and that's it. With USB-C, you gotta replace the socket, tough luck on that given that these things generally don't come as single spare parts.

(IMHO, that is the next thing the EU should tackle - parts that often need to be replaced such as sockets and buttons should be mandated to be on a dedicated flex cable that can be easily replaced)

[yisonPylkita]

Port replacement on recent MacBooks is quite easy to do since it is a separate part connected to internal port. I wish more laptop manufacturers followed Apple’s steps

[mschuster91]

Yeah, and so it is on many laptops I've encountered as well. But unfortunately, almost no phones and tablets have that, or it's a ridiculously populated sideboard with matching prices...