Comment on 390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• noname_no_worries@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  AI datacenters buying up the hardware is why their hosting costs increased. Worsening the problem.

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  • Zos_Kia@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    AI datacenters buying up the hardware is why their hosting costs increased. Worsening the problem significantly.

    I’m sorry but this is bullshit. For basic storage you absolutely don’t need a lot of RAM or SSDs, older gen hard drives are extremely easy to find and very cheap. People have been hypnotized into believing they absolutey definitely need the latest gen of hardware, without realizing it’s useless, and it’s the only kind of hardware that knows shortages and high prices.

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dude, in case you weren’t paying attention the last two weeks, HDDs are practically already sold out through their expected 2026 output. I is not just ran and ssds.

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    • lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Where have you been?

      A 2tb hard drive I bought about 6 months ago is now double its price.

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    • AlDente@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The same mechanical hard drive I bought for $250 three years ago is now going for $500 online USED. I was lucky enough to see a Microcenter listing them as in-stock for $410 about two months ago and drove an hour each way to get the last one. I haven’t seen them available new since.

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    • DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      tomshardware.com/…/western-digital-is-already-sol…

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m sorry but this is bullshit.

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• tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits

  Huh?

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    RTFA

    In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.

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    • tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I read it which is why I was surprised, because the front page gives the impression that unrestricted free access is kind of its shtick?

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