If you're buying no-name brands off Amazon with no certification, they may very well be lying to you. But "60W equivalent" is still a metric with a specific meaning, whether or not a particular shitty company is lying to you about it.
Maybe we need an independent "this spec sheet isn't full of bullshit" certification for hard drives.
And if you're buying products with Energy Star certification, they have to meet a specific output requirement to claim an equivalent wattage: https://www.energystar.gov/products/lighting_fans/light_bulb...
If you're buying no-name brands off Amazon with no certification, they may very well be lying to you. But "60W equivalent" is still a metric with a specific meaning, whether or not a particular shitty company is lying to you about it.
Maybe we need an independent "this spec sheet isn't full of bullshit" certification for hard drives.