I think people say this because there was one specific 6TB model that does really poorly in BackBlaze reports, combined with a generally poor understanding of statistics ("I bought a Seagate and it failed but I've never had a WD fail").
I will also point out that BackBlaze themselves consistently say that Seagate and WD are pretty much the same (apart from the one model), in those exact same reports
it makes me incredibly sad that these people are firing the smartest, most brilliant minds in this country, destroying their life's work, with no apparent awareness of just how bad they're fucking things up.
This bill doesn't, but the senate version did iirc. Still, it's obviously a step in the right direction.
I understand the reasoning, but I really wish Firefox had configurable keyboard shortcuts.
heck, everything should have configurable shortcuts. It's an accessibility feature with an obvious curb cut effect.
from context, it's probably the "single dude in nebraska holding up the entire internet" one
e: holy shit I got the state right