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Not sure if the recertified market would be as affected but prices are definitely going up.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Just keep in mind that the long run trend for storage prices is pretty strongly downwards; that's a log-scale graph.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but storage requirements go up, so it stays the same (at best). It feels more expensive though.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

That's true but for example with battery storage, prices were on their way down then Russia invaded Ukraine, gas/coal prices shot through the roof as Germany slurped up all coal and gas they could get and that triggered a massive spend on renewables which increased the prices of solar batteries from august 2022 peaking in nov 2023:

https://www.solarchoice.net.au/solar-batteries/price/

Looks like AI is the Germany of PC hardware:

https://au.pcmag.com/news/114129/ssd-storage-prices-to-climb-as-ai-demand-meets-tight-nand-supply

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-prices-surge-171-percent-year-over-year-ai-demand-drives-a-higher-yoy-price-increase-than-gold