Silent changes to Western Digital’s budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50%
Why is this not fraud?<p>If you as a company source a device for reviewers and then change the specs in a way that you do not communicate, that is intent to defraud.<p>If you bought a corvette because all the car reviews said it went 0-60 in 5 seconds, and then you buy one and it takes 10 seconds to do the same thing, you’d have a pretty good argument - especially if everyone else experienced your same situation.<p>I’d be surprised if a class action suit or FTC investigation doesn’t happens within the next year.