why do the staff on a lot of private trackers seem so interested in what other trackers you have accounts with?
They want to know if you seed well or not, and probably which trackers you use in case some are (more) questionable legal content.
A lot of companies use Google mail anyways so your emails will be scanned regardless.
A series are great, much cheaper especially used, and have better materials (like plastic instead of glass backs), while having essentially the same hardware performance.
Have backups, follow the 3-2-1 rule.
All drives fail, at any time, and you will eventually lose data if you don’t have good backups in place.
It’s in beta, so large changes are to be expected. I don’t think it’s fair to blame them for design changes right now.