Yes you're right. I meaned a different video, but I can't find it right now.
I've looked it up, and back then MacOS had a bug which exacerbated that issue.
Here is an article
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/23/m1-mac-users-report-exc...
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/23/m1-mac-users-report-exc...
Do you have a source for these "countless bricked SSD's"?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuv4TIjk-I&pp=ygURZGVhZCBNYWN...