This is probably worse than the author realizes.
I imagine WD puts that automatic label on their HDDs because they practice Planned Obsolescence, and after 3 yeras the HDDs are designed to fail.
WD has always been funny about their drives. Remember the older "Green" drives that would park the head over and over? I had several die like that, did one last round of warranty on them and sold the lot because they kept sending me slightly larger drives each time.
I plan on never buying helium-filled drives. Atoms so small nothing can contain them long-term.
After this news, I'm never buying a WD drive again
I wonder if there are any non-jewed HDD manufacturers out there anymore.
Seagate was already pretty bad back then. What else do we have? Toshiba? Eh. Hitachi? Good luck finding one.
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