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  • It will increase the revenue of their business products.
    Consider this from a business point of view. New purchases will likely have a support clause that says they will only give support if their verified drives are installed. When someone makes a support request and another vendors drive is there, they can close the support case until you buy their drives and reproduce the problem.

    This is very common in enterprise equipment. Not using a Cisco SFP and your Cisco switch isn’t booting? No support is given until the SFP is removed or replaced with a Cisco branded unit at an outrageous markup.