PSA: Your DS, 3DS and Switch games will die

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, this is pretty messed up, it's definitely the dirty little secret of modern "cartridges": the chips they use are not rated for lasting very long at all.  Through the GBA carts used very long-lasting masked ROMs, but the flash chips used since are rated in years, not decades or centuries.  It's pretty sad for sure, I don't like the idea of all those 3DS and Switch games dying based on nothing... "Forever Physical"?  Hah, your digital purchases will likely last longer.