That's likely to be the exact reason why the reliability specs don't line up with reality: your test jigs are almost certainly going to be inserting the plugs directly with exact precision, whereas in practice people are going to just "jam it in" and apply significant side-loads as well as misalignment and levering forces.
It's not hard to design a connector that'll last 25k precisely aligned insertions by a test jig but will consistently fail after a few cycles of being mated by typical "hamfisted" users.
as someone who was involved with endurance/reliability testing of other physical products, I think you'd be surprised.
Randomized jitter and movement patterns are often replicated and considered.
Why assume that? Why not be humble and just ask the person with first hand knowledge instead of basically attacking their setup based on guessing?
Because for USB-A, the part that wears down is in the port, while for USB-C it's in the plug.
> If you attach a keyboard and throw it out of the window the usb A port will remain ok whereas the usb c port instantly gets damaged.
Have you tried that yourself, a statistically significant number of times?
I've had a number of USB-C ports break, I've never has a USB-A port break.
And I charge my phones in 99% of cases at home, stationary and undisturbed.
We would also test how many miles a mouse would travel before the glides would wear out.