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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22872422

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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

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[–] slazer2au 55 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Eh? When was the last time you saw a 1Tb drive for $10?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I’m not going to math it out but maybe the 20tb+ drives are lower. I don’t think .01 but closer maybe.

[–] slazer2au 7 points 2 months ago

Maybe. A 20Tb drive for $350 is $0.017 so truncation maybe.

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