This looks like another non-apology from a PR person, just a slightly more competent PR person than whoever wrote the epic failure that was their previous blog post on this subject.
If someone tries to steal your car and gets caught, then says they only meant to steal your TV, and then when challenged says they understand that they should have been more upfront with you that they were going to try to harm you, they are not a good person. Sadly, I don't perceive any more legitimate remorse or sincerity about fixing the root cause here than there was last time.
The fact is that right now, several days after this all kicked off, if you go to WD's site and choose Products and then NAS internal drives from the menu, it still links to Reds and says (in very big letters, repeatedly) things like:
"Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility"
and
"WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems"
Based on that, it appears that they are still selling drives that are not fit for their stated purpose. Everything else is just spin.
If someone tries to steal your car and gets caught, then says they only meant to steal your TV, and then when challenged says they understand that they should have been more upfront with you that they were going to try to harm you, they are not a good person. Sadly, I don't perceive any more legitimate remorse or sincerity about fixing the root cause here than there was last time.
The fact is that right now, several days after this all kicked off, if you go to WD's site and choose Products and then NAS internal drives from the menu, it still links to Reds and says (in very big letters, repeatedly) things like:
"Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility"
and
"WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems"
Based on that, it appears that they are still selling drives that are not fit for their stated purpose. Everything else is just spin.