WD NAS drives flash warnings after 3 years even if they're fine

Some Western Digital NAS drives appear to be sending out "replace me!" warnings after an arbitrary time limit even in the absence of any actual hardware faults.

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Western Digital Warned Users For NAS Drives' Condition By Simply Having 3 Years Of Uptime –

Western Digital Begins Flagging 3-Year Old HDDs As Needing Replacement