They certainly have the capability of replacing the hardware but they know they have you over a barrel because they choose the winner, which is them!

They would just eat a few hundred bucks in unrealized profits… which they’re never gonna do willingly. They probably have an arbitration clause to prevent class action suits too because that’s what everybody lawful evil does these days.

edit: their warranty terms include a line that states:

IN NO EVENT WILL SAMSUNG’S LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE PRODUCT.