I always used the same screw tops for years, but the cost of the rubber rim lids wasn’t so bad that I reused them..Just to be on the safe side in case the rubber had deteriorated..
They don’t use rubber on the lids anymore. Now the product used to make the lids seal is called plastisol, and it lasts longer than rubber. That 2 year estimate may have been a cautious estimate for the use of rubber sealed lids, but the plastisol will last much longer.