All manufacturers can and sometimes do make trash drives, and Seagate have a number of specific models that have very low fail rates. That said, they also have a larger number of drives with high failure rates than other manufacturers. Regardless, always research the specific drive model you are considering before purchasing to avoid surprises later.
In my case, because I watched that Louis Rossmann video where he said he basically has a business today because of all the failures of Seagate drives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFscU8JUohA
There’s a benchmark, and Seagate is above all other brands on failure rate.
A good resource I’ve found is Backblaze’s drive statistics reports, as they report on failure rates and issues for all of their drives by specific model: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/category/cloud-storage/hard-drive-stats/
All manufacturers can and sometimes do make trash drives, and Seagate have a number of specific models that have very low fail rates. That said, they also have a larger number of drives with high failure rates than other manufacturers. Regardless, always research the specific drive model you are considering before purchasing to avoid surprises later.
Thanks for the link!