Cynthetiq

It probably was under some sort of warranty agreement. The MTBF (mean time before failure) was probably a lot higher than the realistic time of failure. They just figured there was a direct replacement for those that did have these hard dives in their builds. Once out in the wild, they would dare not do any sort of recall, just replace them if they came into the store. Cheap and better PR.

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