Comment on Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim

ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They want consumers to have cheap low-resource systems so they are forced to use the cloud for storage and processing.

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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, all the power to do any form of large computation needs to be traceable and rented. You will own nothing, rent everything, and be happy with it.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And bow down to the subscription economy.

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