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Your evaluation of my comment is too focused on the technology. FUD is about what the person _said_. Yes, the point has a grain of truth, but no, your drive isn
by nullindividual 3y ago
Your evaluation of my comment is too focused on the technology. FUD is about what the person _said_. Yes, the point has a grain of truth, but no, your drive isn't going to fail because of "excess writes" by swap -- they're insignificant over the lifetime of the drive.
And that is where the FUD comes into play. Making people worry that something is wrong with their device, when in fact there is a high probability that their device will be in a landfill before it is a cause for concern.
- dns_snek 3y agoAre we normalizing throwing computers in a landfill when a $50 part dies, and it's only because the manufacturer was too cheap to upgrade their base model with another $10 in memory? That's not very environmentally friendly.