Yev from Backblaze here -> price plays a large factor in our purchasing decisions, but you'll notice if you look at the failure rates that they're not THAT much

Yev from Backblaze here -> price plays a large factor in our purchasing decisions, but you'll notice if you look at the failure rates that they're not THAT much different across the manufacturers. For home usage, you're likely going to be fine regardless of what drives you buy. Though those sweet sweet 4TB HGST drives are getting harder and harder to find!