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eUSB redirects here, although this article currently never mentions it. Apparently this article used to mention embedded USB (eUSB),[1]but somehow that information was lost?
This makes it appear as if the average flash drive has such performance, although that is obviously not true. And readers may confuse shelf life with the actual data retention span. On optical media, for examples, those are similar. But on flash storage, data retention expiring just leads to logical errors, which occurs much earlier than physical defects, but can be postponed by refreshing the data, as described in Flash storage § Archival or long-term storage.
I had that exact same Cruiser drive in like 2006 iirc. Not ever sure whether they were still available in 2011 but if so, they probably wouldn't have been available in sizes as small as 4Gb. In fact I think that model was superseded within a year with a chrome-rimmed version - unless the latter is just from a higher line. Anyway I haven't researched any of this but from experience I find it hard to believe they had this same item on the shelves for like five years. It also had a weird, short-lived gimmick where it was pre-installed with some launch software like a virtual hard disk that would be problematic on some systems or under certain circumstances. But I'd better keep reading the article, ay, because I could be digging a hole here.