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		shadilay on Aug 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in it... It's data storage so it absolutely has to work every time. No one would buy a faulty SSD that loses their data.

upbeat_general on Aug 29, 2021 [–]

Well not exactly. People buy hard drives that are known to fail earlier than others and SSDs that wear out quicker than others.

However, ignoring data loss there are many ways to have a less performant drive that still doesn't lose data. Tons of people buy those.

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