Nora (She/Her)

This shit always pisses me off. I’ve encountered it in like 2-3 places over the years since I started using a password manager, and every time it’s so frustrating and hard to figure out.

Hi! I found it on my lunch. it’s definitely not a perfect comparison but I personally think there’s enough data to make some useful generalizations.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2024/

I’ve seen this claim twice now in this thread that WD bought Seagate; and I’m not saying you’re wrong, bit I legitimately don’t see this info anywhere online and I’m pretty sure neither owns the other.

Mind, I’m on mobile so it’s hard to verify things but, I suspect there’s some confusion here.

My understanding is that it’s a relatively recent issue, maybe last 5 or so years? WD is currently leading the pack if I remember correctly.

This is the website im referring to btw. You happened to catch me on my lunch so I could go find it. They have lots of stats, and it’s not like it covers 100% of drives but personally I still think it’s useful and you can draw some general conclusions from it.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2024/

I’m at work so I’m sorry for not being able to provide a source, but there’s a website that tracks hard drive failure rates and Seagate is consistently one of the worst brands. So there’s some extra facts for you.