I have used dozens of WD drives, and only had one failure in the last 15+ years. It was a SATA 1TB WD Blue 7200rpm HDD, and that failure was graceful, in that it developed bad sectors, but did not fail completely. I ordered a new drive, restored a good image onto it, and was up and running again.
I have only had one Seagate drive, it was a 2TB model, and it failed with less than a year of use. I realize that is only a sample of one, but I think I will pass. That failure was so bad, I could not get the computer BIOS to recognize that a drive was plugged in. Total fail.
I have also have had a great experience with a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB, chugging away daily for 2.5 years, and still at 100%. Although I have a friend with the same drive, about the same age, that failed while he was on vacation and left the PC on. Total fail. It could have been a power surge or something, not sure.
I believe that all drives will fail, it's just a gamble on how soon. Imaging is your best friend. So have a plan!
I image my system drive daily with Macrium Reflect Free. Set a schedule, connect an external drive, and forget!
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree