That would be ridiculous. They do offer lifetime crash replacement though,so if you break a rim after the 5 year period it's under half price to replace it.
Yeah, technically it should have the same guarantee as a new rim as it is exactly that, but if you regularly broke them youd never need to buy rims again.
I hear ya man, its just so damn expensive haha. Im gonna see how keeping a bike for a while goes starting next year, gonna be going all out on an am build that I can keep for at least 5 years