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S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

79 points · 120 comments · tkhattra

simonw · 1790550559 · focus · HN ↗
One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade:
```
  2006-03-14  $0.150&#x2F;GB-month
  2010-11-01  $0.140&#x2F;GB-month
  2012-02-01  $0.125&#x2F;GB-month
  2012-12-01  $0.095&#x2F;GB-month
  2014-02-01  $0.085&#x2F;GB-month
  2014-04-01  $0.030&#x2F;GB-month
  2016-12-01  $0.023&#x2F;GB-month
```
Today it's still $0.023/GB-month.
1. charcircuit · 1790552505 · focus · HN ↗
  Egress pricing of $0.09/GB has been around for over a decade too.
  For reference transit cost has dropped over the years and is now about at $0.000247/GB or free if there is a peering agreement with the network the data is sent to.
  1. someonebaggy · 1790555242 · focus · HN ↗
    It's the lock-in cost. They don't want you to move all your data out, they want it to remain trapped. Europe forced them to allow a one-time free exit, but you have to negotiate it with their support, so they're hoping nobody uses it.

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