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[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So it looks like my policy of "only buy Western Digital" is still the right one. But what's happening to HGST?

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

They got bought out... By WDC.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Wow I've been buying WDs for years because I have never had luck with others. Glad to see there's an actual data point for me and it's not just anecdotal.

Thanks for sharing.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Weren’t they also the ones that just broke up a massive counterfeiting ring of refurbished drives being passed off as new? Wonder if that contributed to their bad failure numbers.