[geerlingguy]

If you're using good power supplies, name brand microSD cards, and don't hammer them with writes all day, you can have a Pi 2/3/4/5 running for years with no stability issues.

I think 99% of problems people have are related to one of those three things (same with most embedded devices, but people tend not to throw a cheap used phone charger and the SD card that came with an old cheap drone on more specialized devices).

[mrheosuper]

yeah, i was using my pi3 as pihole adblock for at least 4 years before upgrading to mini pc.