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by walterbell 1224 days ago
In theory, a 3rd party insurance equivalent to AppleCare could be constructed for some technology products, but this is hampered by short product lifecycles, lack of BOM transparency (e.g components changed within a single product generation) and ability of firmware updates to change product behavior and invalidate previously collected data on reliability.

Open-source SSD firmware would provide more transparency on performance and reliability.

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> Open-source SSD firmware would provide more transparency on performance and reliability.

This seems fantastic. Are you saying you could review the firmware source and know that the 980 Pro would lose ~1% of its endurance per week?