While I get the sentiment from both of you, I can’t help but disagree with both proposals.
First, ditching and replacing is ridiculous, and at no point would I ever be possessed to do so unless there was irreparable damage. It’s unnecessarily wasteful, you should value and care for what you own.
As Linus states, and he is absolutely right, if you catch it early enough, and do clean them, they will work just fine the majority of the time.
Second point, yes it would be better to not to ever be caught in that situation; although for people who have children this is unlikely. So I’m not sure how this is a good solution.
All around one of his better videos as a tech “tip”, and valuable knowledge for someone who doesn’t know, like a teenager (someone without much money) or someone new to PC gaming, building, etc.