[kohtatsu]

You fell directly in line with what they wanted.

It's reasonable to expect companies to honour their spec sheets, and to not lie in their firmware.

Once they're caught doing otherwise it's important to hold them accountable, not throw our hands up and pay up anyway.

[taylodl]

The problem is if you don't buy from the commercial line you're asking for trouble. I just had a Seagate drive fail after 2 years of use. The WD drive it replaced had been in service for years. Consumer grade has apparently really degraded quite significantly the past few years, so much so I'm seriously starting to reconsider whether the "Apple tax" might be worth it - or is Apple now using low-grade components too?

[ATsch]

They're not going to be sitting in the board room panicking about the at most few ten thousand sales to DIY enthusiasts they're losing. Especially not with shipments declining by ten or so million per year.