This does not match my experience. I bought 12 Philips Hue bulbs in June of 2013. They run an average of 15 hours per day across three color/brightness profiles

This does not match my experience. I bought 12 Philips Hue bulbs in June of 2013. They run an average of 15 hours per day across three color/brightness profiles, and in these 7.5 years only one has failed.