For weeks, my USB-C cable kept getting looser and looser, eventually falling out while I slept and sometimes leaving me with a dead phone in the morning.
I was going to throw my Pixel out the window and not replace it with anything except maybe a piece of wood (because I am not buying an iPhone)…
HOWEVER, the internet said ‘dig in the USB C female hole with a bent staple and see if there’s any lint needing removal’. So I did. Tada.
Fixed like your momma shoulda been.