>>106934988
Don't know what to tell you, man. I've warrantied dozens of things over the years, from PC parts, to appliances, even guns, whatever. I've literally never once had a bad experience with an RMA from any company. Even when I've had problems that are explicitly exempt from warranty, or stuff that's maybe a year past warranty, I have always managed to talk to customer support, and have gotten them to issue me a "one time exception", or something to that effect.
It's not like I'm some charisma god, or sociopathic master manipulator. I'm literally a sperg who dump statted CHA in character creation. I have to assume that most of those sob stories you see posted on Reddit are from spastic manchildren who throw a tantrum, and are surprised when customer support doesn't want to deal with their shit and tells them to fuck off. In the post you screenshotted, that guy literally admits that support called him "rude, abrasive or abusive".
Literally all you have to do is clearly explain your problem, don't over-share irrelevant or 'problematic' details (e.g. admitting accidental/physical damage), be polite, but make sure you subtly frame it like whatever went wrong is the manufacturer's fault somehow. Be a pleasure to deal with, and customer service will *want* to help you.
So, yes, skill issue.

btw https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updates-and-results