German Seagate customers say their ‘new’ hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

@schizoidman@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

German Seagate customers say their ‘new’ hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

chiisana · 2 months ago

It is pretty clear that you have less of an inclination against Seagate than my experience dictates me to. Stats can be twisted to tell anything, and my twist on what I’m seeing tells me to steer away from Seagate; your interpretation can most certainly differ.

@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Stats can be twisted

Exactly. My argument here is to be careful with published stats, because they’re easy to misinterpret, and they’re also easy to misrepresent.

Backblaze’s data is good, just be careful when making conclusions based on it.