IIRC the type-C is rated for quite a bit more plug-unplug cycles than A. It has something like 10,000 plug-unplug cycles as the absolute bare minimum! Over the next few years, it will be interesting to see if this offsets what could be additional usage since now the port is used to also power the computer. (With the iPhone 7, I am equally interested to see how the Lightning port holds up since for many users it is now being used more than twice as much since it now carries both headphones and power/sync.)
My impression from the implementation of the C on the MB is that the cable itself has been carefully designed to wear and break before the actual port does, so someone winds up replacing a cable instead of a logic board. The flex you are feeling may in part have to do with the plastic/poly core and be aimed at reducing permanent deformation when under pressure (as USB-A can bend pretty easily!)
I've always been curious if the metal contact points inside the C-port use a harder metal than those on the plug...my guess is yes, as Apple has historically been pretty anal with those sorts of things.