[flamebreath447]

Remember that cloud providers get drives in bulk at lower cost than the consumer.

Also I think they know this and still post it for the community benefit. What people store in the cloud is important and drive failure is their business because they are storing that data.

[notacoward]

Also the cloud providers and hyperscalers are extremely well equipped to handle drive failures without data loss, so they can afford to buy the cheapest even if it's less reliable. If you just have one drive, or even a pair, the calculus changes.