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.