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It's A Digital Disease!

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Why HDD prices seem stagnant these days? (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/muffinBadger on 2025-04-24 14:02:08.

I might sound like I've been living under a rock, but recently I went shopping for a 1TB HDD hard drive, and was surprised they still cost around $50~70, depending on the brand.

I remember paying about the same price for 1TB 8 years ago!

Back in the days, the "price/GB" ratio used to be dropping every year like crazy. For example, if you wanted a 256GB top-of-the-line hard drive, just wait 1 year and the price would drop 40%, etc.

How come we're not seeing price drops anymore? Is the technology plateaued? Is the demand shifting to SSDs?

Thanks

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