“All governments are inherently authoritarian. […] I have no idea what this individual actually meant. That theyre mad they cant murder someone or theyre mad they cant vote for highly technical government positions that should be based on merit, not popularity.”
See, there it is. You’re trying to softball a political argument by pretending it’s an linguistic argument, and I have no respect for this level of cowardice and dishonesty, nor do I have the patience to beat around the bush looking for the real argument.
Next time, if you want to be taken seriously, just own it instead of bullshitting. Say what you believe and stand on your principles.
It’s definitely dried up a fair bit over the last couple of years. In January 2025 I got some recertified 12TB Ironwolfs for $140 each from GoHardDrive, and that was already a fair bit over what they historically had been. Same drives are now $200 on GoHardDrive, and $220 on Amazon. You can just get them new $250, so at that point I barely think it’s worth it to get recertified unless you’re really stretching a budget. I’m sure the businesses are very happy with the demand they got now, but it’s hard to escape the conclusion that LTT and other Youtubers covering these sites really drove up demand and prices.
Also, the smaller drives are a lot harder to find recertified these days since enterprise users will usually go for much larger capacities, so yeah, for 4TB you’ll probably have to go for new. You could also just get a larger drive and only use 4TB of it, assuming this is going into some kind of array. Upgrade the other one at a later date, then just expand your pool!