Deja vu, it seems.
In case you're wondering what I am talking about, let me refresh your grey cells.
In 2020
Western Digital released the
WD_Black P50 Game Drive SSD, the (back then) fastest external SSD with a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 connection and transfer speeds of up to 20 Gbit/s. The only issue was that the drive achieved said speeds only in their product sheets. In real life the drive
would disconnect when used via the USB 3.2 Gen2x2 connection!
ComputerBase did report on it and even contacted
Western Digital for a statement as you can see in their follow ups.
TL;DR: after 2,5 years and several firmware updates the issue is still not fixed, instead
WD put the
blame on the user setups (which is basically debunked by testing on different setups). The cherry on the cake: the drive is
still on sale by
WD. The later released
WD_Black P40 Game Drive SSD doesn't have the issue. Everything is pointing to
the controller (
ASMedia) being the issue, which can't get fixed with a firmware update.
Die externe SSD WD Black P50 Game Drive bietet als erste ihrer Art USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. Doch die Schnittstelle läuft noch nicht rund.
www.computerbase.de
Consumer protection is apparently insufficient for to-big-to-fail international companies that keep ripping off folks with trash products. QA reduced to increase shareholder revenue. Governments not interested to go after them. The only thing you can do as a consumer:
never buy at release! Do your own research. Often user reviews are more insightful than "professional reviews" who quite often don't report or report delayed on issues because of the "Conflict of Interest".
Don't award them with your hard earned money, spend wisely.