Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs
I used to work in their SSD vertical on the software side. For what it's worth, SSD/memory business unit is their pride. They never used to cut corners and do rigorous testing to ensure their customers aren't screwed over. Even when a bad batch of SSDs were shipped by mistake, they would recall/refund all of them proactively. When ever a new model is released, they would first ship limited units to a set of SSD enthusiasts including gamers in Korea. One such time, there was a BSOD reported by a single tester in some edge case - > they sent a lot of team members in person to chase and fix that issue.<p>So I really doubt they would do anything stupid to get some quick bucks at the cost of reputation.<p>On the other hand, their smart tv division is absolute garbage and employees themselves wouldn't buy Samsung TVs.