Fair point. But still pretty bad. Literally two days after the warranty expired my Seagate drive was broken. This was my first and only Seagate drive. Never again.

Meanwhile my old Western Digital drive is still kicking way beyond it’s warranty. Almost 10 years now.

Is Seagate still producing shitty drives that fail a few days after the warranty expired?

Yes. But if the machine has proven to work reliably it will usually do so for its lifetime, while humans are prone to e multitude of errors. Especially in the medical field.

I trust a good machine much more than any human.