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Is the consumer market for second-hand drives large for them to be concerned about it? I always thought that >99% of people keep the drive their desktop/laptop

by chaz 12y ago

Is the consumer market for second-hand drives large for them to be concerned about it? I always thought that >99% of people keep the drive their desktop/laptop came with and junk/sell/donate the whole thing without ever turning a screw. The number of people who are savvy enough to know about SSD, be willing to upgrade a drive, willing to shop for a used one vs a new one from Dell/Amazon/Newegg, and still be able to be duped might be a pretty small market.

emn13 12y ago
Not to mention the number of drives bricked by overuse in the hands of unscrupulous sellers willing to put in the effort to earn a (rather pitiful) sum on the second-hand market for an outdated driver is probably... zero. Or vanishingly small, in any case.