> Not trying to go full tinfoil hat here, but filling equipment with helium in this way seems like an effective way to cap drive life by time elapsed rather tha

> Not trying to go full tinfoil hat here, but filling equipment with helium in this way seems like an effective way to cap drive life by time elapsed rather than amount of actual use. Recognizing planned obsolescence is not tinfoil hat territory. It's a rational and predictable commercial practice equivalent to rent-seeking, you're not crazy.