Somwething seems wrong if your non-cheap LEDs are dying that quickly. I have an entire house of LEDs, many going on 5-6 years old, and I only ever recall replacing two (and they were a pair, used outdoors -- only one failed, but I replaced both so they would match).

If you have 5-6 year old LED bulbs, then they represent the state of the market 5-6 years ago, and aren't necessarily representative of current quality.

Perfect! A great picture of the lightbulb. Its easily identifiable not :)

Nonetheless in the last 20 years all my normal light bulbs had to be replaced on a regular schedule which was often enough that i got slightly annnoyed by it.

My expensive philips hue, no issues so far.

It's also consuming 10x more energy for every minute it is on.

An under-fed incandescent could last centuries. However it would waste 95% of its energy as heat instead of producing light. That's actually not much of an issue if you either live in a cold climate and the heat is useful to you, or if the light is only lit on occasion (attic, cellar, closet ...).

My wife and I were talking about what lamps we had that were LED vs fluorescent vs incandescent; one of the bulbs that we have that is of the latter is in our closet, and has been there since before we bought the house in 2002 (the house was built in 1973).

18 years now, maybe longer, but it still turns on and has yet to burn out. Of course, we don't use it much, and it's only something like 30 watts (clear bulb).

Someday, maybe, it'll get replaced.

it's very rare for me to have an LED bulb that last less than 2 years... but I have 4x 18-watts recessed led fixtures in the kitchen and one burnt out after about 2 years and they are no longer manufactured so I have to find one that look-a-like....

There's an original light bulb from 1901 in continuous use at a Livermore, CA fire station:

https://www.centennialbulb.org/

Of course, that particular bulb is run quite dim, which helps preserve its longevity.