Windscreen wiper – love and care?

Today I changed the windscreen wipers on the Corolla, which was long overdue. An attempt to reanimate them by means of disc detergent at the gas station was only half successful. My neighbour thinks that the care of petrolers is super simple: let the last drop from the pump drip on paper and rub the rubbers in with it. Is that true? What do you do to increase the life of the windscreen wipers? I am always quite happy when I think of the flapping in Frost. . Dear Greetings Oli