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Can't wait for my 3$ as compensation for losing all the data. Seriously now. A class action lawsuit should end with the culprit being out of business in cases o

Can't wait for my 3$ as compensation for losing all the data. Seriously now. A class action lawsuit should end with the culprit being out of business in cases of extreme negligence like this one. Anything less just incentivizes them to weight "risk/benefit" of not doing anything

xyzzy123 5y ago
This has never happened before and could seriously ruin the brand. [EDIT: widespread, very public data loss with a remote cause, as a result of a firmware vulnerability in a product whose job is to store data]
- nebula8804 5y ago
  What I am seeing is future deep discounts on WD Drives.
  - CaptainZapp 5y ago
    Maybe. But I'm not sure if there are any takers. My data is much more important than a 50$ rebate on a storage device.
- xvector 5y ago
  I hope it ruins the brand. This sort of incompetence and gross negligence ought to cripple companies.
  - CrendKing 5y ago
    If WD is gone, are you going to buy drives from Seagate, seriously? I've had 3 hard drives from Seagate just fail by itself before, 0 from WD so far. HGST used to be good, but sold to WD. I have no experience with Toshiba, but they have less product diversity and higher price.
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    - isatty 5y ago
      Since we’re being anecdotal here, I’ve > 5 seagate drives, one that’s more than 12 years old that hasn’t failed on me.
- SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
  this will be forgotten in six months.
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    Most people will never hear about it.
thrdbndndn 5y ago
>should end with the culprit being out of business I would agree if it's non-EoL products. This, not so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say since it's EoL WD don't need to do anything. Just that the degree of seriousness of this incident changes with that.
- goatinaboat 5y ago
  I would agree if't s a non-EoL products. This, not so much. A company should not be permitted to just declare something “EoL” if it is still in widespread usage. They made it, they support it as long as any customer still has it.
  - objectivetruth 5y ago
    Products are sold with a warranty. If you want guaranteed support for X years beyond the warranty, pay for an extended warranty. If the product in question doesn't have an available extended warranty, then pick another product. Telling every hardware maker "you have to support every device you make forever" is ludicrous. I have some 15-year-old netbooks in storage that still power on, should eeePC have to "support" them now? Should they have to maintain a repair depot with replacement parts forever? Should they have to just release their own version of Linux forever to support each model of hardware?
    - dtx1 5y ago
      > I have some 15-year-old netbooks in storage that still power on, should eeePC have to "support" them now? Should they have to maintain a repair depot with replacement parts forever? Should they have to just release their own version of Linux forever to support each model of hardware? Yes, yes and yes.
  - hunter2_ 5y ago
    At the very least, the EOL date should be prominently displayed on the package (and product page, in the case of online shopping). Just like how I was able to see CentOS 8's EOL date when deciding what OS to install on my servers, except guaranteed.

xyzzy123 5y ago

This has never happened before and could seriously ruin the brand. [EDIT: widespread, very public data loss with a remote cause, as a result of a firmware vulnerability in a product whose job is to store data]

nebula8804 5y ago
What I am seeing is future deep discounts on WD Drives.
- CaptainZapp 5y ago
  Maybe. But I'm not sure if there are any takers. My data is much more important than a 50$ rebate on a storage device.
xvector 5y ago
I hope it ruins the brand. This sort of incompetence and gross negligence ought to cripple companies.
- CrendKing 5y ago
  If WD is gone, are you going to buy drives from Seagate, seriously? I've had 3 hard drives from Seagate just fail by itself before, 0 from WD so far. HGST used to be good, but sold to WD. I have no experience with Toshiba, but they have less product diversity and higher price.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - isatty 5y ago
    Since we’re being anecdotal here, I’ve > 5 seagate drives, one that’s more than 12 years old that hasn’t failed on me.
SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
this will be forgotten in six months.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  Most people will never hear about it.

thrdbndndn 5y ago

>should end with the culprit being out of business I would agree if it's non-EoL products. This, not so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say since it's EoL WD don't need to do anything. Just that the degree of seriousness of this incident changes with that.

goatinaboat 5y ago
I would agree if't s a non-EoL products. This, not so much. A company should not be permitted to just declare something “EoL” if it is still in widespread usage. They made it, they support it as long as any customer still has it.
- objectivetruth 5y ago
  Products are sold with a warranty. If you want guaranteed support for X years beyond the warranty, pay for an extended warranty. If the product in question doesn't have an available extended warranty, then pick another product. Telling every hardware maker "you have to support every device you make forever" is ludicrous. I have some 15-year-old netbooks in storage that still power on, should eeePC have to "support" them now? Should they have to maintain a repair depot with replacement parts forever? Should they have to just release their own version of Linux forever to support each model of hardware?
  - dtx1 5y ago
    > I have some 15-year-old netbooks in storage that still power on, should eeePC have to "support" them now? Should they have to maintain a repair depot with replacement parts forever? Should they have to just release their own version of Linux forever to support each model of hardware? Yes, yes and yes.
- hunter2_ 5y ago
  At the very least, the EOL date should be prominently displayed on the package (and product page, in the case of online shopping). Just like how I was able to see CentOS 8's EOL date when deciding what OS to install on my servers, except guaranteed.