I had a USB drive by Seagate. Two 500GB mirrored drives.
Then some disgruntled employee at Seagate pushed out some code which turned it into a brick. Lost everything on it.
Archived files of importance are best stored on double or even single-layered Dvd’s, IMHO. Quadruple layered disks will improve storage capability and as long as the drives remain backwards compatible and do not require an internet connection to function, what little I have to leave to posterity will satisfy my needs. I neglected to mention that in my comment. Drives may fail for whatever reason as you know.
My concern is privacy and the constant demand of the new OS’s and their ‘Apps’ requiring an internet connection to function narrows that privacy window. MS Office is now cloud based. The programs are ‘in the cloud’ and the results of their use are stored there. Not good. In fact insofar as privacy is concerned that is double-plus bad.
I might find the need to go retrograde and resort to paper and pencil! Did I mention I have the ability to write in cursive? Knowing that eliminates the ability of many to understand what I have written. If you get my drift.