Not sure if that's what OP meant, but it could be that they get better batches from manufacturers, while retail gets the rest? The other way you could read the

Not sure if that's what OP meant, but it could be that they get better batches from manufacturers, while retail gets the rest? The other way you could read the comment would be that the stats don't mean much since Backblaze can tolerate higher defect rates if they negotiate a low enough price. But to me, that doesn't make sense since it wouldn't affect the failure rate statistics at all anyway.