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Re:Toshiba, Seagate shipping slower SMR drives without discl... by noisem4ker on Saturday April 18, 2020 @12:30PM (#22908793)
The article mentions thin margins and declining volume due to SSDs. I wonder where the truth lies.

Anyway, I'd rather data-starve for a couple years and save up for a big SSD rather than feed those responsible for such consumer-hostile practices.

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Re:Toshiba, Seagate shipping slower SMR drives without discl... by folmar on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:23PM (#22910789)
Not that SSD vendors are much better... see other comments in this post.
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