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User frustrated by hard drive failures, blames "AI bubble tax"

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The user is experiencing multiple hard drive failures on their home server, suspecting planned obsolescence from Toshiba drives. They are frustrated by the cost of replacement parts, citing an "AI bubble tax," and are considering discontinuing their home server if the last drive fails. AI

RANK_REASON User complaint about hardware failure and cost, not a significant industry event.

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User frustrated by hard drive failures, blames "AI bubble tax"

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I spent the last week reshuffling storage and disks to get rid of 3 out of 4 hard drives in my home server because, apparently, Toshiba drives have some sort of

    I spent the last week reshuffling storage and disks to get rid of 3 out of 4 hard drives in my home server because, apparently, Toshiba drives have some sort of planned obsolescence timer built in or whatever; all starting to fail within a few weeks of each other. I'm also not go…

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