Technical terms have meaning defined by actual technical usage regardless of common misuse by the less informed.

Your entire tower isn't a cpu, a user recoverable device isn't bricked and if tomorrow most people start calling kidneys livers they will still be kidneys.

Reducing bricked to a subjective statement about the users ability to use their device robs the term of all utility in the same way as calling a computer a cpu.

The author didn't fail to read your words, you are in fact wrong and repeating yourself doesn't make you more correct.