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Screenshot of a Twitter post by user JonErlichman
Average cost for 1 gigabyte of storage:
45 years ago: $438,000 40 years ago: $238,000 35 years ago: $48,720 30 years ago: $5,152 25 years ago: $455 20 years ago: $5 15 years ago: $0.55 10 years ago: $0.05 5 years ago: $0.03 Today: $0.01
Eh? When was the last time you saw a 1Tb drive for $10?
Used hard drives are 10tb for $80, aka $0.008/GB.
diskprices.com
Hetzner Storage boxes are 10TB for $20/month
https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/
OP includes remote storage? I guess if you’re an enterprise client you can get those prices.
Well used, I got 4 of em for $5
Comparing new and used prices is just misleading.
Sometimes I guess…? Like yeah sometimes you find great steals like I did with that but usually the used market has similar prices for similar products. Check it out and save some money