Samsung has joined the ranks of companies found shipping faster SSDs to reviewers than to consumers without telling anyone about it.
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All the SSD Manufacturers Caught Cheating Their Customers
Samsung has joined the ranks of companies found bait-and-switching customers with lousy SSD speeds. Sadly, it’s not an isolated incident and, perhaps even worse, it’s been happening for years. Here are all the manufacturers who have been caught red-handed in the past few weeks alone.
Sadly, it's not an isolated issue
Western Digital is the latest company caught bait-and-switching its customers with lousy SSD speeds.
Crucial is the latest company to get caught shipping a fast SSD to reviewers and much slower customer hardware.
Even Worse, It's Nothing New
We never thought we’d be publishing an article on any variation of “Why Lying is Bad,” but given recent events in the storage industry, a refresher seems to be in order.
What Western Digital Told Us...
A Western Digital spokesperson who contacted ExtremeTech on Thursday told us the following...
