Yes, and? HDD controllers dying and head crashes are a thing too.

At least in the ‘bricked’ case it’s a trivial RMA - corrupt blocks tend to be a harder fight. And since ‘bricked’ is such a trivial RMA, manufacturers have more of an incentive to fix it or go broke, or avoid it in the first place.

This is why backups are important now; and always have been.

We're not talking about the SSD controller dying. The SSD controller in the hypothetical situation that's being described is working as intended.