Have little to do with this. Much of it was poor quality control on the engine block milling line, specifically not cleaning out shavings and debris which causes bearing failure sometime into ownership. Toyota made a big recall, but my Ford now has a 10 year long block warranty for the same thing 'just in case.' It's just simply downhill craftsmanship in general for the entire industry - my vehicle was made pre-covid so the problem is mostly unrelated to that.
The GM transmission problem is apparently a bad valve design that wears out fast, which is just another sign of declining engineering and craftsmanship abilities at least in the US; but for at least Toyota their machining problem was also within Japan made parts. The entire world is just getting sloppy.