It is true, do some research please before making such statements. Drives can and do die while on the shelf, that is partially because of something called bit rot but could also be because of the place where it was stored.
The chances of a perfect "as new" drive dying while on the shelf are low but are still there
Old ltt video with more info
https://youtu.be/Ie9qomn3_3U?si=8D4ejsx2OqqaRW-P
Not really, he says that he only 10gb left of his 300gb.
Like the other guy said I also think that he's just running low on space. Secondly not using the drive will keep it good for longer but it will still bit rot(if he plans to keep the drives for very long)
I forgot to add this.
And your “he damaged a corporation so he needs to be removed from society” is not capitalist propaganda?
That's not propaganda, it's the current law. You might not agree with it, I also don't agree with all laws. But this is pretty basic and unbiased, you repeatedly steal from someone so you should be removed
I don't love capitalism but it's the best we got and we indeed need some leftist to stop that Amazon scenario from happening. But what is going on now is just ridiculous.
Also you said that it is easy to say something like this on a open source community driven platform. I actually don't care if it's open or closed source. As long as it's not biased towards one side.
Just to be clear? Are you guys defending someone who stole data from the rightful owner without their permission.
Do you guys also seriously think that this guy can be let go and not do major damage to society?
Even in Europe cars are a necessity in a lot of cases. I live in a pretty small village and the only store is 2 towns over and on a pretty steep hill. It would be possible on a motorcycle(I saw normal ebikes struggle to get up) if you're alone and don't need anything from the store.