I think a lot of this has to do with the BPA issues. The hard clear bottles used to be made with a polycarbonate plastic that contained BPA, even some of the aluminum bottles were coated with plastic containing BPA. Some of the new waterbottles are made with Stainless Steel and are not coated so you would not get BPA's from them. If you do use the polycarbonate bottles for camping or such, don't wash them in a dish washer, the higher temps tends to crack the plastic and the increase in surface area releases BPA's at a higher rate (that's if you believe that BPA's bad for you)

IIRC the softer plastic water bottles that are used for bike bottles do not contain BPA's so if you are using a typical water bottle then it should be fine.

I have never worn a hole through any of my water bottles in over 40 years of riding. I tend to lose them before they wear out.