
64gb? Your SSD sounds pretty old and is at the end of its fairly short lifespan. Modern SSDs will last much longer than a comparable HDD under average user conditions.
If you’re writing TB on a regular schedule, yeah it will probably die sooner because that’s not what it’s designed for. It’s just a different tool for a different job. If longevity and capacity was the only concern we’d all still be using tape.
I know you said no voice-reading-text and wanted personality, but for my money nothing is better background listening than History of English. You can listen to the whole narrative of an episode or just pick up some cool etymology here and there.