"the limits Flash places on the number of times a given memory cell can be written to"

AFAIK, they're up to 1m+ rewrites per cell if it's based on NAND cells. I also recall seeing details released about the drives that says they incorporate algorithms to spread out the re-writes across the drive to save this becoming a problem in the short to medium term.

Coupled with the fact that no-one should be relying on a single drive I doubt there's that big of a problem.

Would you be willing to buy a chip with the word PANIC (thinly disguised) emblazoned across the front ? I fear that's not a warning but a smug statement of facts....