AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year
2026-02-21 17:18 UTC
Replies (26)
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@BabyVi@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 06:07
I bought a 22tb hdd from serverpartdeals in late December of 2025. Its now $100 more expensive, I’m glad I read the tea leaves in time but this sucks.
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@m3t00@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 06:26
no wonder they need so much power/rare earths. ssds next
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@Lemminary__dup_9594@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 07:15
Welp, I guess I’m all out of money for new tech. Time to travel or find a new hobby.
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@jaykrown@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 12:25
I’m glad I bought an 8 TB HDD about a year ago as an investment, it’s now $50 more expensive a year later. I don’t plan on ever filling it up, but it’s been helpful, and good insurance to have if I ever create a project that requires that space.
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@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-22 12:36
On the upside, homelabs are going to have a glut of high capacity, barely used server hard drives to choose from then this AI/data centre bubble eventually bursts?
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@thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 13:09
I was able to update 2 of 3 devices early last year, but couldn’t upgrade my old custom build. I did that due to possible tariffs; didn’t even think about this “AI” BS. Thought may as well just buy a custom build now. Wanted to wait another year, but I won’t be upset no matter what happens with prices if I get it now. I’m not sure my old girl can outlive the return of easily available PC parts. At least I also bought some extra storage over a year ago.
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@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-02-23 12:35
Blamed? More like responsible. Alongside big tech
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@realitista@lemmus.org 2026-02-21 17:29
The irony is as they bid up the price of all the hardware, they are probably making their AI platforms more likely to fail due to being more expensive than their value.
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@raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 21:59
so much wrong with this title. - it's not AI, it's LLM slop bullshit - it's not the software at guilt here, it's the sacks of shit running those companies who plan such data centers - blamed? No, those shitheads *are* totally and absolutely responsible for this clusterfuck.
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@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2026-02-21 17:35
Fuck AI
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@Zacryon@feddit.org 2026-02-21 21:18
It's nice how AI datacenters step by step swallow virtually all available hardware resources to provide digital services to users who won't be able to use those services due to the lack of available hardware.
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@stoy@lemmy.zip 2026-02-21 18:51
I get paid on the 27th, I need two more 8TB drives to complete my NAS, my local retailer had 50+ in stock earlier this week, and now the drives are no longer even listed. Fuck sake...
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@db2@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 17:42
I recently checked on the price of the used 12TB server drive I bought a couple years ago. It was 80 then. It's 260 now. Same seller.
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@MOARbid1@piefed.social 2026-02-21 18:00
I will absolutely remember the companies that are saying “fuck the consumer” when I go to purchase anything going forward.
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@some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 18:03
Buy used ETA: and prevent waste I meant from individuals, not corporations with a profitable refurbishing outfit. e.g.: eBay, thrift shops, the swap shop at your local dump (if you're lucky to have one), yard sales, etc. One of my favorite things in life is rescuing hardware from the landfill, or bringing a relative's dusty old machine back to life. There are still loads of people out there who have never opened a PC case before, and think the whole machine is a loss just because it won't boot, or is "old".
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@redbrick@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 18:22
So with all the news on hardware shortages...someone is building skynet..and we just don't know about it.
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@Binturong@lemmy.ca 2026-02-23 16:18
This framing is journalistic malpractice. Using the term blamed implies room for doubt where there is none, it's a clear and provable driver of this issue. We desperately need public funding for journalism, as long as outlets rely on private investment to function there will always be this kind of manipulation and bias infused into news media.
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@reksas@sopuli.xyz 2026-02-23 15:46
those who promote ai usage and even pay for it ought to be blamed too. While I can see some benefits in using llm for some things, way things currently are the negatives way outweigh the positives. Using it should be something to be ashamed about so this shit collapses sooner and maybe we can get some peace. Maybe once all the commotion dies down llm could become useful tool, but if its tied to destruction of our way of life (planet dying, economic disruption, no components for regular people) then it just has to go. Alternative is we just submit and hope our owners dont abuse us too much.
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-23 15:17
This is how they kill home computing and force everyone to bezos net with your drumpf Gold terminal ($390/month with KKK membership) Fuck ALL these peoole.
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@fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 22:48
Apparently there is a huge demand for storage, both RAM and disk. Oh, and GPUs... So what happens when large number of people are looking to buy stuff? In time, I think there is a silver lining here...
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@rogsson@piefed.social 2026-02-21 19:42
let’s hope it comes crashing down in their face soon enough
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@MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 21:53
I'm highly suspect this happens at the same time that Microsoft is demanding you upgrade your PCs to run their shitty software. and discontinuing Windows 10 They need to roll that back. They want us to rent or compute from the clouds so they can watch each and everything we do.
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@alpha1beta@piefed.social 2026-02-21 22:53
Next up, torches and pitchforks will ve sold out. And AI won't exist.
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@roserose56@lemmy.zip 2026-02-21 18:54
The worst part is that we don't something, and by saying something, I mean boycott them.\ Look what they are doing to us, just to build AI data centers.\ Worst part, is that there is no progress of AI. It is used only for capitalist profits by companies(support chat bots, girlfriend AI and goes on).\
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@dan69@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 04:24
I’ve two countem two 500gb HDD by WD, starting price is 2500$. And I’ll throw in external cases for 100$ (the cables are blue meaning usb 3.0 a which are 250$)
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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 05:03
shit dude I'll move my storage to S3 and retire on what I can get from my 16tb array and 20tb backup.