This guy is writing for musicians, but even still:

"The best hard drives are solid-state"
"[USB mics] also aren’t future-proof; if USB ports become obsolete, you’ll need to buy a new mic."

Firstly, SSDs are not a special type of HDD as HDD stands for hard DISK drive. Secondly, I don't think he realizes that no technology is "future-proof" and that USB has been around for a bit over for 20 years. Even if we completely switched to type C soon, C to A adapters shouldn't be very expensive, already about $5 on Amazon.

I'll admit, this guy did do what looks to be an otherwise good article on home music recording, and he didn't seem to be aiming for the tech enthusiast as his audience. It's still fun to analyze his terminology though .