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I've only had to replace a clutch once when I bought a car that had 120k miles on it. It cost me $40 in parts and a day wrenching. The clutch I put in went another 120k miles before the car was hit and totalled. That was 120k miles of harsh use, off roading, bashing through snow, climbing mountains. I burned it many times. Whoever had the car before me must have been a clod; using the clutch to hold position on a hill instead of using the brake.
Automatics are most certainly less reliable. Go on a truck forum and ask which tranny people would choose for extreme use, and they will all say to go with a clutch.
There are likely poor manual transmission designs out there, but poor automatic transmissions are more common.
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