One thing I noticed about USB-C vs Lightning

[Yr Blues]

The Lightning port has the female-end inside the computer, as in the iPad. But with USB-C, the male-end is embedded in the computer.

Makes more sense to have the male end, which is more fragile, on the cable … rather than the computer.

Time will tell if it'll hold up to wear-and-tear.

[edit] However, this may be why the Lightning cable was so expensive to manufacture.

 

[shenan1982]

[edit] However, this may be why the Lightning cable was so expensive to manufacture.

Lightning is no more expensive to manufacture than any other cable, it's just that people who manufacture it have to pay a license fee to Apple to produce and sell the cable.