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Curse English idioms, I literally thought they were rebranding to Mud.
I mean, after X it looks downright sensible.
It’s because of the capitalization. If the title was “SanDisk’s name is now mud” this wouldn’t happen.
Wouldn’t be the weirdest rebrand recently, honestly
Good thing it explains it in the second line of the article.
Me too
I thought they were pulling a Facebook and rebranded themselves to avoid the bad press.
Just an FYI on Sandisk.
They were acquired by Western Digital in 2016.
So this bullshit falls as much at WD’s feet as it does their wholly owned subsidiary, Sandisk.
I completely lost trust in Western Digital after they lied about their NAS drives. Cost me a lot of money that stunt.
They are still operated pretty separately internally.
These drives were sold under both brands, the response has been the same for both.
50% percent off a product that is almost guaranteed to lead to complete data loss?
By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings!
50% percent off a product that is almost guaranteed to lead to complete data loss?
Get them for people you hate. 😏
You are a scholar and a gentleman! A prince among men, you might say…
Let’s be clear that a failing part is one thing but silently dumping them on the public is the unforgivable failure. I hope shareholders are seeing this and selling.
I hope shareholders are seeing this and selling.
Sandisk has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital since 2016.
WD’s share price is up ~25% this year…
They’re saving a ton by not matching our 401ks anymore
Sorry, I don’t know the term. What is a 401k?
Can’t tell if sarcasm. It’s a retirement plan that employers will match up until a certain point, In lieu of the pension plans previous generations were offered.
No, I was being genuine. We have compulsory superannuation here in Aus. Employers pay in an amount equal to 11% of your wages, it goes up to 12% in 2025. It applies to every wage earner, full-time, part-time, contract and casuals.
Wow, that’s great. We only get like 3-4% on average, and that requires us to put in 6-8%
But WDC is down almost 10% in the last 10 days
Good point. I was looking from when this problem was first discovered vs when this news hit as you did.
Yep, and shame on clickbaity tech “news” websites for churning out “awesome deals on SanDisk SSDs!” articles with no mention of the failures.
It took my sleep deprived brain far too long (less than a second, but still) to realise this wasn’t a genuine name change.
I’m almost certain this article is written by an AI
Play the primus song
Kingston is Winona’s Big Brown Beaver
Western digital is Jerry the racecar driver
They were acquired by Western Digital in 2016, so why not point at WD?
So what’s a better quality option?
So what are good brands for SD cards and SSDs?
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