@djlinkDavid Amador that is a very poor-quality source; modern SSDs indeed hold data for years, and powering them also doesn't increase data retention; they're not in any technical sense related to static (which needs constant power, very little) or dynamic RAM (which needs refresh cycles every few milliseconds).
You can be pretty certain that a not end-of-write-life SSD will retain data for years to decades. If you care, some SSDs actually specify more than just a overall MTBF (often in the 10⁶ h)
@funkylabMarcus Müller @djlinkDavid Amador Good to know! Honestly the takeaway should probably not be "don't use SSDs for long-term storage" and more "If you want a specific storage device to last longer than a decade, do your research and don't assume whatever random consumer hardware you're currently using will work"
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