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From a hardware perspective, I suppose this drive is fine. My issue is with the license terms of the software that comes with it. This drive comes with two helpful programs: one to clone your existing hard drive, and another to report on and manage the health and other properties of the drive. Both of these are potentially very useful. You can use the drive without the Samsung programs, although it took some manipulation on my Windows 10 machine to do so. However, a user following the installation guide might not realize this, since the instructions call for installing the software before plugging in the drive. The software license agreement gives Samsung permission to collect and transmit "technical data" about hardware and software (including applications) "connected to your device." For most people, this will include pretty much their entire system. This data can be used "to provide product support, ... and other related services." To cap it all off, "This data may be shared with other Samsung affiliates worldwide and our service providers for these purposes." These terms "technical data" and "other related services" are so vague they can encompass anything. This agreement gives Samsung the right to collect pretty much anything on your system, use it any way they want, and give it to anyone they choose. There is no real need for Samsung to be collecting any data off my machine at all, but there is no way to opt out of this short of not using their software. I urge Samsung to revise their software license agreement. I would consider a check box allowing people to opt-in to this data collection preferable, and an opt-out check box acceptable.