Yeah I was actually baffled by the lack of backlash for that, as that was much worse than the PSN account requirement issue, at least data/privacy wise.

Air gapping

/s

HGST is Always my go to as well, their drives just work and last a really long time in my experience

What happened with Gandi?

Mediacom is the worst, data caps and low speeds for high prices, straight highway robbery. I’m lucky to have a local ISP with no data caps and a mostly reasonable price, cheaper than Mediacom at least. And soon to be fiber when they make it over to my neighborhood. They’re currently in the process of running fiber to every neighborhood in my city.