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I ain't rich either. I just don't think the drive will die in a year or two. I've had mine for over a year now and it's still solid. It might die earlier if you keep distro-hopping with all that erasing and writing you put on it. I'm pretty sure it'll last a very long time. I also have a laptop from 2018 and it still has the same nvme drive running solid. I remember checking its life with some command in the terminal (don't remember what it is) and it was at 57%.