You've never had a bad connection with Lightning? Every Lightning cable I've ever had has two pins that have become blackened due to frequent arcing. And the "click" is dependent on the quality of the cable. USB-C cables from Apple click in exactly the same as their Lightning cables, for example.
So I had an iPhone 4 which i ditched quite quickly as I thought it was a junk phone and went Android for a while. Picked up again at iPhone 6 when I was paid for some work with an iPhone 6 Plus and have had iPhones since. So that was 2014, 8 years of Lightning ports.
I've had 0 lightening cables break in any capacity.
While the USB-C cables I've had for Headphones, iPad, Asus Keyboard, Corsair Mouse, and a few other little things. I've had to replace 5 cables.
I love the idea of having 1 cable that I can use for everything. But no matter what anyone says, the lightning cable is superior in terms of physical connection.
Been using Lightning models since the iPhone 6 generation and haven't seen this behavior even once. The worst I've seen was a couple of times where the phone's port got pocket lint stuck in it, making it harder to plug in cables which was fixed easily enough with some careful teasing with a SIM ejector tool.
I don't have anything against USB-C but its "click" factor varies a lot between cable/port manufacturers due to much wider tolerances/variances in manufacturing.
The click is good until pocket lint accumulates in the phone lightning receptacle. At that point it starts failing to charge occasionally. A couple of minutes with a toothpick and a flashlight and it is back to working great.
I saw the arc once with a cheap no-name cable. I'm guessing the cable tolerances on the conductor placements was off a little bit.
I’ve had corroded pins on a couple Lightning cables, always happens after the phone was in a humid environment like a steamy bathroom after a shower. Now I resort to wireless charging if there’s any hint of moisture on the phone and that has kept my connectors fresh.
