Every concession of the manufacturer seems to be inseparable from the reasoning of the consumer.
In 2020, Western Digital’s red disks fell into the “SMR gate”. The red disks, which used to focus on NAS usage scenarios, actually quietly used SMR (shingled magnetic recording), causing users to frequently experience slowdowns, freezes, etc. in medium and high load scenarios. question.
Soon, the class action came to the door, and Western Digital had to pay 2.7 million US dollars (about 18 million yuan) in compensation to settle and go online.Dedicated webpageThe deadline for registering plaintiff information is November 8, 2021.
Recently, some netizens reported that they have received compensation from Western Digital’s “SMR Red Panmen” recently, and they have received 18 Canadian dollars (about 93.5 yuan).
According to the indemnity agreement at the time,The 2TB (WD20EFAX) and 3TB models (WD30EFAX) are charged at $4/block, and the 4TB (WD40EFAX) and 6TB models (WD60EFAX) are charged at $7/block.
Although consumers who did not participate in this class action did not have the chance to “meddle” with the compensation, but because of the “SMR red plate”, Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba began to clearly label SMR products, and they no longer dared to be in the market. It’s not implied in the hype or spec sheet.
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