i would avoid smaller wd external hdds, the big ones or seagate ones have sata hdd inside, but those wd ones are usb-only. you get to trash the drive if the converter fails (which is pretty common)

also consider getting larger enterprise 2nd hand drives, those are pretty cheap and nice

there used to be a userscript that bypasses it, but sadly it stopped working a few years ago. haven’t found a solution since…