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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 days agoThat wasn’t what was reported, and is largely false. What was reported is that people are buying new drives which have FARM values indicating years of use. Also the most likely cause being a crypto project going under, and dropping petabytes in capacity over the last 12 months.
This type of fraud hasn’t been proven in the used HDD space. There are many reasons used drives are sold other than exceeding usable life or warranty. Companies over forecast capacity or simply go bankrupt all the time (see crypto / ai), and those drives are sold. Considering drives are 30-50% more expensive now than they were 6-12 months ago the incentive and profitability of resale has increased.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 days ago
No…you’re talking about news from the past few weeks. I’m talking about the reseller market in general and the way it behaves.
Source: adjacent industry experience dealing with these people.
Moreover, the article you’re referencing has nothing to do with what I posted, so not even sure why you’re talking about it here. There is zero correlation with what I said, you just assumed that was what I was referencing because… I’m not sure.