In my experience, excavator tracks wear out from the inside, unlike a dozer, where you can see the external wear. Also, most excavator tracks are dry, not lubricated like a dozer.
The internal wear changes the pitch, as the track stretches, and alignment on the sprockets is off a bit, plus you get a lot of side to side slop as they age.
They are annoyingly load as they wear out, but I will run them to death before replacing them, unless the machine works on a lot of steep slope work where it is a safety issue if you were to break a track.