> easily avoidable > and you can then keep one at home, one at work, one at your parents place, and replace them every now and then to 'refresh' the backups Y

> easily avoidable > and you can then keep one at home, one at work, one at your parents place, and replace them every now and then to 'refresh' the backups Yes, many of us do this. But I wouldn't consider it "easy", esp for the average user. What % of home computer users own 2+ external drives? Or even 1? I bet it's under 20%.