SSD's have limited writes still, so in theory they won't actually last longer. It really depends on how much data you write to the drive over its lifespan of whether or not it'll last long. I still have HDD's that are 20 years old and still function. The average SSD's lifespan is around 6-10 years varying as I said the amount of writes the user does onto the drive. SSD's are still new technology and are in the beginning its life still compared to Hard Drives. This said though, they are still pretty reliable considering how new they still are. SSD's are just more known to have quirks and small issues being they are a new technology.
I really only think that person suggested it because after pages of this issue it doesn't seem to be solved still. So if anything it seems more like a shot in the dark with a blindfold.