Comment by avadodin

I'm not an Apple fanboy but I do use Apple phones which still bear the lighting connector and not even once has the male outlived the female —no brand, no shape, not with any head–start.

Lightning females are basically eternal for all intents and purposes even if they do feel a bit looser at the end of the terminal's lifetime by eg letting water into the connector part itself.

I don't know that it is any worse with USB-C as all usb-C devices I own are far more sheltered from everything.

USB-C is still welcome though because all other types are barely pluggable into a compatible device.