Kalash

I have the Accu​Battery Pro app. It allowes you to set a charge limit. I’ve set mine to 78% and then disconnect the charger.

Minesweeper.

impossible to clean out

Really? How about gently blowing into it?

Also, do you keep sand in your pocket? Like, just how?

I have a phone that is almost 4 years old and had USB-C only laptops since 2014. Not once did I have a problem with dust or let alone any kind of failure of an USB-C port. This is just absurd.

I’ve had 3 USB C port failures in 3 years

Then you must be doing something seriously wrong. Are you jamming scissors in here?

Try Plex.

You should probably use English outside of your local instance :)

I wonder if having a more exposed ‘open’ port without the tongue would lead to more damaging debris getting lodged inside.

Basically USB-A?

Are there any technical reasons to have the flat contact in the center of the usb socket rather than the plug?

I would guest it’s just for having more surface area to have more pins. An USB-C can have up to 24 of them. Where as Apple’s Lightning 2 connectors have 8.

USB-C connectors are much more than chargers. For example, I can connect two 4k Displays, Power, Ethernet as well as all peripherals (including a couple external harddrives) to my laptop with a single Thunderbolt 4 cable with an USB-C connector.