Best part is that the SSD is soldered into the board and it can't be replaced.
Even worse. In this case for the M1 Macs when the SSD dies, the Mac becomes bricked and if you have no backups then the data on the dead SSD is lost.
A typical web dev may rely on running a couple of electron apps, docker, IntelliJ and lots of chrome tabs to get their work done. Alongside everyday use looks to me that the life of this SSD is going to be shortened very quickly.
I already said this before [0] and it seems to them 'it is not an issue.' Well here we are and this thread is full of other concerned users.
Even worse. In this case for the M1 Macs when the SSD dies, the Mac becomes bricked and if you have no backups then the data on the dead SSD is lost.
A typical web dev may rely on running a couple of electron apps, docker, IntelliJ and lots of chrome tabs to get their work done. Alongside everyday use looks to me that the life of this SSD is going to be shortened very quickly.
I already said this before [0] and it seems to them 'it is not an issue.' Well here we are and this thread is full of other concerned users.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26150405