I never understood why specifically HDD manufacturers are criticized when in fact all vendors and all types of hardware (expect RAM) follow the same convention

I never understood why specifically HDD manufacturers are criticized when in fact all vendors and all types of hardware (expect RAM) follow the same convention of using decimal prefixes: http://blog.zorinaq.com/decimal-prefixes-are-more-common-than-binary-prefixes-in-the-com/ http://blog.zorinaq.com/decimal-prefixes-are-more-common-tha...