[jdiff]

My Pixel 8 certainly hasn't gone through 10k cycles and it barely holds on to any USB-C connector I put inside it. They all fall out even when laying still on a flat surface.

There's always outliers, of course, but I had this issue with USB Micro-B on at least one other device and never saw it with a Lightning connector.

[vel0city]

I find it's often lint in the USB-C port. Cleaning it out with a non-conductive tool like a toothpick or a dry toothbrush usually solves it for me when that happenens.

[cyberax]

I've had dozens of devices with USB-C. I've yet to have even a single one that had any problems with them. To be fair, I'm using iPhones mostly for app testing, so I also had very few issues with them.

What do you guys all do with your devices?!?

[bashkiddie]

Your Pixel 8 could be about two years old. The connector performed way under spec and you should send it in for repair (assuming your are in a country with a 2 year warranty period)

[jdiff]

Unfortunately we're nearing the anniversary of the warranty's expiration.

[nl]

My lightning connector on my iPhone 12 is completely unreliable - I need to twist the phone against the cable to get it to change.

Fortunately MagSafe works fine!

[stouset]

This is probably lint buildup. You can scrape it out with any thin and stiff object like a safety pin.

A small amount of lint gets into the hole. You pack it in when you plug in the cable. Repeat a thousand times and now you have a stiff “plug” of lint that prevents the connector from fully entering your device.