If I had to pick a connector that the world was forced to use forever due to some European technocrat, I would not have picked usb-c.
Hell, the ports on my MacBook are nearly shot just a few years in.
Plus GDPR has created more value for lawyers and consultants than it has for EU citizens.
I don't know how this problem is so much worse with USB-C or the physics behind it, but it's a very common issue.
This port could be improved for sure.
I don't know if this is a fair comparison, just an anecdote.
Monetary value, certainly, but that’s considering money as the only desirable value to measure against.
That time and effort wasted on consultants and lawyers could have been spent on more important problems or used to more efficiently solve the current one.