This seems like a lot of words to say "they are pulling a fast one on the consumers". The number of bytes written is catalogged and can be checked. You either

This seems like a lot of words to say "they are pulling a fast one on the consumers". The number of bytes written is catalogged and can be checked. You either honor the warranty or you don't. If you'd lose money on people actually writing to their drives, then you're trying to pull a fast one. Spec the write endurance warranty for what you know the drive can handle, don't gamble that the users won't use their product. If you do gamble, then don't try to break the contract you made on your gamble.