Murphy law applies here. I have owned several point and shoot digital cameras since 2005 and none gave me this issue. I still use an "el-cheapo" Nikon Coolpix that is 10+ years old and sits in my desk drawer at the office because it is ready for use at any time, being powered by two AA batteries. Most of them died of "erectile" malfunction, i.e. the mechanism that pops up and retracts the lens each time the camera is turned on suddenly failed. The only camera that gave me the dust issue was the most expensive point and shoot one that I bought, i.e. the Canon G1X. Lesson learnt the hard way.
And you would had bounced into a different problem, I trashed a Canon Powershot G1X because after a couple years dust particle found its way to the sensor and generated a huge black spec in almost all my pictures. When I contacted Canon, I discovered that the only way to clean the sensor was to disassemble the whole camera and then reassemble it, at a cost that was 2X its value at the time. Sold for parts for a few Euro. At least in a mirrorless or a DRLS I can clean the sensor even if I don't change lens but zooming and focusing suck dust in anyway.
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