[adrian_b]

That is because you do not write much.

My first SSDs were from Intel and I have completely worn them out by writing their specified maximum writable amount of data, in a couple of years or so.

After that, I have been careful to always buy only SSDs with the maximum amount of writable data that exist on the market. I have not worn out others yet, but those that have been used for many years show in their SMART counters that a large fraction of the permissible amount of written data has been reached and not much has remained until their end of life.

I typically write many tens of GB per day.

[kalleboo]

My point is the vast majority of desktop users do not write much. My experience is not just my own computers but the network of extended family and friends' small businesses I'm the informal tech support for. This includes video editors who edit large video files.

I do wear out SSDs but they're on servers I run with different use patterns.