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Post #3216441

2026-06-03 18:43 UTC

@hatter@metasocial.com @mathowie@xoxo.zone I think this example above might actually prove the opposite. Most people aren't replacing their (probably 4TB at the most — many likely 2) SSD purchases with 24TB HDDs. The price differential shows that it's specifically the massive storage needs that shot up and it's smaller storage needs getting affected indirectly. Otherwise the price relationship would be more linear. That pretty much spells data centers. (Which isn't even all so called """AI""" though that does cover the majority I'm sure. A whole lot of enshittification requires bigger and bigger data centers.)

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  • @hatter@metasocial.com 2026-06-03 18:52

    @nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social @mathowie@xoxo.zone They may still be choosing to buy a pair of 10TB HDDs instead of 6x 2TBs. The ability to sell more mid-size HDDs obviously also will affect the extremes of the HDD market too, where platters in one enclosure sell at a premium vs buying those platters across several drives.

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