Pretty sure we knew this was coming. Bunch of articles last year or the year before that stating that SSD prices were going to climb if not skyrocket.
Indeed, I recall that as well. Something about the manufacturers “overproducing” in their eyes, and deciding with each other to drop production together
Price fixing, I remember reading about this from the dark ages when the blacksmiths got together. Scummy.
Got angry when I saw the title and came here to start calling bullshit but I’m glad that it’s already been handled.
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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