Check the life remaining on the drive with crystaldiskinfo it should give you a nice percentage of life but I go off how much data it has seen.
An SSD from 5 years ago is probably rated for around 200TB written, but I would check your model. As long as you are below the TBW with no corrupted sectors, the SSD is fine to keep using. I would probably back it up more frequently, and keep checking crystaldisk for any changes.
It matters because that was a one off prototype that probably cost thousands to manufacture. Even the lost time and opportunity cost of LTT keeping it for months can absolutely kill a company’s chances. It doesn’t matter if it was irrelevant to the LTT audience, or if Linus thought it was a stupid product. It was made by two dudes who wanted to see something brought into the world that didn’t previously exist.
No one bats an eye at $800 artisan keyboards, even if they function the exact same as a $50 one. They look cool, or they feel nice, or whatever justification people make to themselves. It’s not for one influencer to decide “this is stupid, I want you to make something else”
This list is utterly fantastic, but if you haven’t given Dave The Diver a chance you definitely should. It’s by far my favorite release from this year, and the devs seem to have even more content planned.