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Leds bulbs are definitely made to be break in a few 1000 hours. They push them to their max specs so they don't last as long. But this way of course they sell more, no one wants to sell a bulb that lasts 10 years of continuous use.
If you're buying cheap Chinese shit from a supermarket, then yes. But even my IKEA LED bulbs are in their 8 year without a sign of degradation.
LEDs don't fail, cheap Chinese LED drivers do. Because they're utter shit and a fire hazard.
As always, dependa what you buy. Initially, LED lamps were advertised as lasting 25 years, but nowadays you have much cheaper lamps, and more expensive ones.
GP is actually not totally wrong. The crappy light bulbs of the EVs is called Tesla.