I have a coworker that has lost two MacBooks due to drive failure in the past two years. I would never touch one of them unless I wanted to lose my data.
Ok? But I have 4 Macs (MacBook Pro 2011,MacBook Air 2012, Mac Mini 2012 and a MacBook Pro2017), all with SSDs and heavy usage-- absolutely no failures so far. Almost all of my previous Macs with HDDs have failed.
So maybe your co-worker is unlucky or you are saying this for another reason.
On their older hardware, I replaced a HD after about 6 years (that never actually had errors) with an SSD for another ~6.. With 8GB and an integrated SSD, I would be extremely nervous after year 2 or 3.
Ok? You don't have a Mx Model that relies heavily on using the SSD, so who cares about your anecdotal experience?
Welcome to HN my friend :)
I mean sure, SSDs can fail, but they were clearly very unlucky.
The unlucky should be able to swap broken components too.