As far as I can tell, WD's response is "too bad so sad you should have bought a newer product", so I don't think they offer affected people any sort of recovery

As far as I can tell, WD's response is "too bad so sad you should have bought a newer product", so I don't think they offer affected people any sort of recovery gratis. (I suspect this will bite them in the ass in the court of public opinion, but we'll see.)