Not just a bad opinion but literally a stupid and wrong opinion.

Yeah let's put clips in our connector so that one accidental tug destroys the port & the cable /s

A genius, you are not.

I've been using some USB-C cords for 5 or 6 years now and the connectors are still going strong. They're way more reliable than micro-USB which seemed to wear out after a few months.

Your go-to universal cord can charge your phone, earbuds, vape, notebook, video-converter, beatmachine, microphone, gamepad etc.

This has been life changing in all the best ways. The bonus is that power banks have kept up and most good ones support power delivery, which has been amazing for keeping my laptop powered when I'm working in the field.

I think my biggest gripe is the wildly varying feature sets of both cables and ports. I can understand e-marked cables for different wattages, but all cables should support video and all USB-C ports should at least indicate if it supports video output. I've spent way too long troubleshooting docks and portable monitors simply because I accidentally grabbed the wrong cable.

Not an unpopular opinion but a plain wrong one. I've had USB C cables for far longer than the devices they connect to, can't really remember any of the connectors ever giving me trouble I've yet to see a cable/connector fail due to wear. It's a solid spec and the wide range of uses is brilliant.

This is a pretty unpopular opinion because it's wrong. I've had more lightning ports fail than USBC. Lightning is too small and makes it hard to clean the pocket lint out.

Well, the opinion is definitely unpopular!

I would also argue that it is on the weak side as opinions go. A lot of what you're citing as reasons for it not being "up for challenges" just aren't true in real world usage. Particularly the durability factor. I've yet to see a cable fail because of the connector itself, and ports only fail after unusual abuse that I've seen, and I'm the family default for android device troubles.

As an example based on your points of objection. This year to date I've gone through two different micro usb cables because the connector end failed.

I haven't had to replace a usb-c at all this year, and only two the entirety of last year. That's despite a lot of plugging and unplugging because I'm up to six devices on USB-c that take charging daily ( plus some others that need charges less often) and only keep two cables in use at a time.

Last year, I went through maybe three micro usb for two devices total. Back when everything was micro usb, I would go through one of the anker cables with the woven wire cover about every three to four months. Sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but around that.

It's veen my experience that the ports in usb-c are also less prone to getting loose, and they're definitely less prone to damage when the cable gets jerked out.

I've never in my life had any USB cord or connector break on any device for maybe 20 years. Only when lending it to someone else did one connector break, once, and they dropped the thing while connected.

I feel like there's two camps within USB. People who fucking rip their cord out and shove it in again—impatient people I guess. And then there's people who are careful with their shit.

Maybe a hot take. 🤷‍♂️