It should be safer with a USB-C port, since the springs (the most fragile part) ...

cesarb on Dec 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters

It should be safer with a USB-C port, since the springs (the most fragile part) are in the cable, not in the port; with lightning, the springs are in the port instead of the cable.