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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. 43920 · 1790557320 · focus · HN ↗
  Even prior to the current AI-driven hardware shortages, hard drive prices stopped decreasing in about 2020: <a href="https://backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads...

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