Except that there has been instances where the SSDs with updated firmware were still being effected when the Windows update patch was applied. Microsoft is the responsible party here. Really, why are you defending them given ALL of the other update problems going on?
Phison is not the culprit, they are the unwitting victim, just like the users affected. Microsoft needs to do much, much better where testing updates is concerned. They really need to slow things down and take more time to ensure their patches, intended to fix and improve, don't cause more issues.