I absolutely despise USB-C as a physical standard. It is the third worst physical connector ever created next to F-connectors and Molex. The problem is that the connector is a male connector, which places the fragile part in the socket and not in the cable where it belongs. I can't tell you how many USB-C ports have broken on me. I'm typing this reply on a MacBook Pro 15" 2016 that has two broken USB-C ports and one weakened one. They sort of work, but are so weak that cables won't stay in them and fall out. I've replaced at least one motherboard and two daughter cards because of broken USB-C connectors.
My slightly more than one-year old M1 iPad Pro's USB-C port is weakening, too, with the charging cable dangling lower than it should, though it still works. My wife's iPad Pro 11" 2018 has an intermittent USB-C port that will sometimes charge and sometimes not. Our typical use for those ports is for charging, and that's about it.
While I hate Lightning's feature set, it is a superior connector where the weakness is appropriately in the cable. Break a cable and use another from the drawerful of Lightning cables everyone has. Break a connector and it's a huge repair bill.