Gnubyte@lemdit.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD sayarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoWD got in trouble not too long ago for deceptively marketing shingled drives as conventional. Back to back issues like this is going to leave a lasting impression on the kinds of people who buy drives.
minus-squarenurple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoI agree, I don’t buy WD drives any more. But I don’t want to replace the ones I already have unless it’s necessary.
minus-squareJuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoExcept their enterprise drives, of course. Because those customers have the resources to get even.
WD got in trouble not too long ago for deceptively marketing shingled drives as conventional. Back to back issues like this is going to leave a lasting impression on the kinds of people who buy drives.
I agree, I don’t buy WD drives any more. But I don’t want to replace the ones I already have unless it’s necessary.
Except their enterprise drives, of course. Because those customers have the resources to get even.