“SSDs do have a finite lifespan, but it’s much longer than you need“
For an average user, true. For a developer or analyst who process big files, not sure. Keep in mind many companies don’t even have desktops for devs or users.
I will say, that the flash drives I’ve seen fail, fail completely and unrecoverably with zero warning.
>>I will say, that the flash drives I’ve seen fail, fail completely and unrecoverably with zero warning.
^^^
This
no recovering data from this type of SSD crash.
and that can be an external drive just being connected. Zap.