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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 929561"><p>Agreed!</p><p></p><p>I'll admit I haven't watched the video yet, but I already know the result....</p><p></p><p>Not making excuses for WD but [USER=89360]@McMcbrad[/USER] has brought up a very good point. If you are going to run such a test (ie: no internet connection), then you at least need to run the exact same test again (with an internet connection) to be thorough and fair. If a product does poorly without a connection, but significantly better than with one, at least you can argue that without the cloud the product doesn't protect as well as it would with the cloud. However we already know this and AV-Comparatives does tests to highlight this fact. Its well known the WD and many others do really poorly without their cloud component, so I don't know why anyone is surprised by this result.</p><p></p><p>I am not going to stop using WD, nor should anyone stop using it because of this test. Again, not defending WD. but Leo always seems to go out of his way to always put WD in a bad light. I'm sorry, but it's getting old. Like [USER=89360]@McMcbrad[/USER] said, either do the test properly and fairly (run it once without internet, and again with internet), or don't do it at all. For me it's not that WD got a bad result, it's just that he is kind of spreading miss information by not being thorough with his tests. It gives people the wrong idea, especially when he leaves out the part on how would it do with an internet connection. This isn't just about WD, this is about any product he tests. He needs to be thorough an present all the facts, not just select ones and draw up generalizing conclusions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 929561"] Agreed! I'll admit I haven't watched the video yet, but I already know the result.... Not making excuses for WD but [USER=89360]@McMcbrad[/USER] has brought up a very good point. If you are going to run such a test (ie: no internet connection), then you at least need to run the exact same test again (with an internet connection) to be thorough and fair. If a product does poorly without a connection, but significantly better than with one, at least you can argue that without the cloud the product doesn't protect as well as it would with the cloud. However we already know this and AV-Comparatives does tests to highlight this fact. Its well known the WD and many others do really poorly without their cloud component, so I don't know why anyone is surprised by this result. I am not going to stop using WD, nor should anyone stop using it because of this test. Again, not defending WD. but Leo always seems to go out of his way to always put WD in a bad light. I'm sorry, but it's getting old. Like [USER=89360]@McMcbrad[/USER] said, either do the test properly and fairly (run it once without internet, and again with internet), or don't do it at all. For me it's not that WD got a bad result, it's just that he is kind of spreading miss information by not being thorough with his tests. It gives people the wrong idea, especially when he leaves out the part on how would it do with an internet connection. This isn't just about WD, this is about any product he tests. He needs to be thorough an present all the facts, not just select ones and draw up generalizing conclusions. [/QUOTE]
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