You're mistaken and the original experiment does not distinguish between classic edge aware upscaling/super resolution vs more problematic replacement
You did not link an example of upscaling, the before and after are the same size.
Unsharp filters enhance false edges on almost all images.
If you claim either one of those are wrong, you're being ridiculous.
And to be clear, everyone including Apple has been doing this since at least 2017
The problem with what Samsung was doing is that it was moon-specific detection and replacement