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Apparently WD and Seagate stock have already taken a hit at the announcement.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 75 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hard disks will always have demand, we need more every day and they have a limited lifespan

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Great point, quintuple production!

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

??? I thought it was a risk free investment! You got this!

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It may be risk-free, but you still need money to spend money. That's what the asshats called 'investors' are for.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Should be an easy sell, someone on the internet found an infinite demand glitch!

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I keep getting storage to get redundant back ups. My last big storage purchase was getting some before the US president took office because of the tarrif threats. But, I'll eventually need to get more.