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> There's a minority of consumers who went for the cheap stuff and now want to make money off of it by pushing it beyond the stated limits. Wasn't the GP's who
by MikeUt 5y ago
> There's a minority of consumers who went for the cheap stuff and now want to make money off of it by pushing it beyond the stated limits.
Wasn't the GP's whole point that those limits aren't stated? Or that they are deliberately misleading, e.g. consumer internet sold as "up to 10 Gbps", but would more accurately be labeled "10 Gbps once in a blue moon".
- buran77 5y agoI touched on this point in the comment right above yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27005552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27005552 TL;DR version: This should be dealt with in the law.
- clankyclanker 5y agoSo, all we have to do is defeat regulatory capture, and then we can have meaningful advertised speeds. That also might first require getting money out of politics. If you’re in the US, fortunately, Larry Lessig has been working on fixing both of these issues so we can have meaningful advertised internet speeds: - rootstrikers.org - equalcitizens.us
- vladvasiliu 5y agoI wonder how often that is the case (the limits not being stated). I've looked a bit for an nvme drive for an older computer, so I wasn't looking for the absolute best performance, but rather larger capacity and better endurance for a low price. And all the reviews I have seen had rated endurance numbers. I've just had a look at WD Blue drives [0], and the spec sheet is easily accessible on their site and gives the endurance in GB written, not some timeframe based on an unknown "normal daily usage". --- [0] I've chosen WD specifically because of the recent shady PMR / SMR drives.