lemming741
It's been a while, but I was deep into SanDisk Sansa mp3 players. The Fuse was my favorite. uSD, FM radio, up to 8gb.
We really have gone backwards.
At least you have chicken
On the 20th anniversary of Leeroy Jenkins, no less
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_agency
Companies set policy. That policy has to fit within regulations set by government.
Who writes regulations?
Sometimes, the 2nd bullet point is relevant
I call bullshit. I bet they knew, but saw it as an opportunity for profit and this is all PR spin.
If it's just buckets of data, mergerfs can pool the drives together, and then you can dedupe the whole lot.
Or consider buying a surplus 20tb drive, copy everything to it, dedupe the 20, write back to the 4+4+2 as cold spares. Those surplus drives are $10-14 per tb and I've had fantastic luck with them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiya_connector