Nominally, this story is about crappy WD drives, but I think the more interesting aspect is how effectively it demonstrates how degraded Google’s properties have become in terms of finding any kind of useful information. https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portable-my-passport-failure-continued
#enshittification
#enshittification
We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD
If you’re thinking of buying a SanDisk Extreme Pro, Extreme Portable, Extreme Pro Portable, or WD MyPassport SSD, know that some buyers are losing data — even after a fix.Sean Hollister (The Verge)