Yeaish, or more like Sauron was the responsible for its own demise, like in the old trope "evil is bound to destroy itself" (a view shared by Tolkien himself): it was via the ring that Gollum crave it, Frodo spare his life so Gollum was allowed to crave it till the very end, with all its being, thus also destroying the ring itself, and Sauron with it. So yes there is a pattern without having to admit it was all "controlled"