@Edhawk, trs96 report on SE makes sense to me.
I've got a pre-pandemic SN 750 Black purchased in early 2020, used as system drive for several months and still installed and in use today as a bootable backup. It's performed reliably from Big Sur through latest Ventura. I've never seen even the slightest problem with the 750 Black, and it saved me more than once when two 2021 Sabrent Rocket 4s died, and a firmware update spoiled a 980 Pro with the spaceman trim delay. I would still be running my main instance on SN 750 today except that I wanted to explore PCIe 4 with Rocket Lake and ended up with SK Hynix P41.
Re SN 750 SE, I recall WD being called out in the press for switching controllers in popular models without changing the model number, so my SN 750 Black might be a different device from one bought today. It was at worst of pandemic and inventories were upset. I think WD switched up the controller to get through the shortfall.
I see how WD's gambit reasonably induced a feeling of betrayal with buyers.
But is the SN 750 SE known to actually fail with macOS?
Regarding pitfalls of Phison controllers WRT to hacks, my recollection from 2020/21 is that problems with a certain Phison generation were reported on the Anti-hackintosh Buyer's Guide: specifically E15 I think, tho I might be wrong about gen. But I don't recall detailed information about macOS versions, drive firmware revs, etc, and a lot has happened since then.
Let's keep in mind that since Catalina, macOS has undergone multiple major changes in the storage subsystem, so there are large potentials for compatibility issues.
Regarding "recommended" drives in 2023:
Blessings upon those who are making the effort to maintain a solid list.
However, I've seen no science of Mac SSD compatibility. By science, I mean a theory of compatibility, examples of failure with explanation of the failure mode, specific macOS versions, usage scenarios, firmwares, operations, etc.
Without a science of compatibility, I don't see how any device can be condidered proven. So the way I see the recommended drives that have not been known to fail
yet.
Rather than looking for an oracle of proven drives, I think it's more fair to have a list of drives to avoid because of reliable reports of problems, and highlight the condition that some users run into various pitfalls with storage that aren't necessarily about macOS HW compatibility.
If SN 750 SE is one to avoid, OK. But 750 Black has been solid for me.