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

  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip
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    9 hours ago

    IDK, it’s pretty risky. Doubling production means youre taking a bet that the bubble is not going to burst.

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      7 hours ago

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

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      5 hours ago

      I’m pretty behind what I want for drives, and modern dev practices of storing tons of intermediate container build artifacts, and a resurgence of arrrborists will probably soak up drive demand even if prices fall.

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      9 hours ago

      That is a fair point, especially with things that are very hard to set production for like processors.