There's also the Centennial Light [1], a light bulb made in the late 1890s. It was first lit in 1901 and it's still alight today.
Not a single one has burned out in something like 4 years of runtime. Honestly the paint inside the bulbs is going to fade away completely before these things go out. The trick is 2 things:
1. Don’t move them
2. Use a dimmer and run them around 75% power
The free market is designed for this. If the bulb lasts 5000 hours, but burns 1/2 as bright, consumers can easily decide what they prefer.
And further, the cartel did not have exceptions for product enhancements, or improvements, which might have enabled > 1000 hrs without any drawbacks.
Why are people defending this cartel? Market collusion is generally frowned upon.
The standards were set around what could be sold as a standard lightbulb.