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and anyone who doesn't want to do business with drop.com will be well served either buying second hand or with the 560S
that said, if you go second hand also consider the 650 witch the 6XX is a clone of
Why is drop.com not cool anymore?
So. Anything I say should be taken as hearsay and unsubstantiated since I can't cite it other than people I've worked with with direct experience working there. Drop had a particularly... Tech-bro-y chudly corporate culture. I seems the company has since been bought by Corsair but the whole thing still leaves a really bad taste in my mouth, however not bad enough that I haven't still bought things from them when the product was unique and the price was right
That tracks, tbh. I imagine they've enshittified slightly. I don't think I've looked at that site in years, let alone done business with them.