Any commodity device that doesn't require a lot of compute is already looking at it, heck I believe Western Digital has been shipping their own design in drives.

Source: https://slashdot.org/story/23/09/14/0013228/arm-prices-ipo-at-51-per-share-valuing-company-at-over-54-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

As a group, equities research analysts predict that Western Digital Co. will post -4.34 EPS for the current year.

Source: https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2023/12/23/international-assets-investment-management-llc-takes-2-37-million-position-in-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc.html

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Western Digital Co. () by 4.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports.

Source: https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2023/02/19/dimensional-fund-advisors-lp-buys-162535-shares-of-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc.html

Finally, Craig Hallum increased their price objective on shares of Western Digital from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 1st.

Source: https://www.etfdailynews.com/2023/05/08/benjamin-f-edwards-company-inc-cuts-stake-in-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc/

Finally, Fiduciary Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Western Digital during the 1st quarter worth about $48,000.

Source: https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2023/12/23/international-assets-investment-management-llc-takes-2-37-million-position-in-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc.html

Hard drive and cloud storage provider Western Digital says it has suffered a breach of security controls and data theft.

Source: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/breaking-news-western-digital-hit-by-data-breach-my-cloud-backup-services-are-down/535215

In other Western Digital news, EVP sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 2nd.

Source: https://www.etfdailynews.com/2023/11/19/massmutual-trust-co-fsb-adv-has-53000-stake-in-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc/

On average, sell-side analysts predict that Western Digital Co. will post -4.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Source: https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2023/07/02/banque-cantonale-vaudoise-purchases-31915-shares-of-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc.html

So when it came time for the latest addition to the backups rotation, I chose a Western Digital Elements SE portable SSD.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradmoon/2023/04/29/review-western-digital-elements-se-2tb-ssd-provides-cheap-ultra-portable-storage/

The Goldman Sachs Group lowered Western Digital from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $43.00 to $31.00 in a report on Thursday, December 15th.

Source: https://www.etfdailynews.com/2023/03/17/bridgefront-capital-llc-buys-shares-of-6815-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc/

The two companies are seeking to wrap up negotiations this month and want to announce a deal no later than when California-based Western Digital reports earnings on Oct. 30, said the people.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/20/kioxia-western-digital-jic/

Western Digital and Kioxia have a 20-year joint venture for developing flash memory at the Yokkaichi Plant, the largest semiconductor plant in Japan.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/western-digital-kioxia-merger-talks-on-again-report

Western Digital Bolsters Steam Deck And.

Source: https://hothardware.com/news/france-forces-apple-halt-iphone-12-sales-radiation-levels

Western Digital Co. has a 12 month low of $29.73 and a 12 month high of $63.26.

Source: https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2023/02/02/commerce-bank-sells-428-shares-of-western-digital-co-nasdaqwdc.html

“Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following products: My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger.

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/04/03/western-digital-network-security-incident-service-outage/

Western Digital said it is implementing measures to secure the operations, including taking systems and services offline.

Source: https://www.gadgets360.com/internet/news/western-digital-data-breach-investigation-network-security-3916004

Western Digital was already forced into a class action settlement over a previous questionable practice: in 2020, the company brazenly tried to sneak SMR drives into its "WD Red" lineup marketed for network-attached storage devices.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/08/20/western-digital-still-selling-defective-sandisk-brand-ssds-that-it-refuses-to-answer-questions-about.html

You’ll find external hard drive deals on brands like Western Digital, SanDisk, and even Samsung among them, with many of them tailor-made for things like gaming and content storage.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-cheap-external-hard-drive-deals/