I call bullshit. I bet they knew, but saw it as an opportunity for profit and this is all PR spin.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn-mSHceYYQ

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.

Ctrl+Ins gang rise up

What’s funny/sad/confusing about that is AR pistols. It basically comes down to the stock.

That is to say- manufacturers will have a product ready to skirt any ban in the hours after a bill is signed.

Ditching subsidies is a start.

I would tax them into oblivion like cigarettes. Hits the poor first still, but it would shift consumption habits rather than ban them outright.