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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 (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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[–] thrasherht@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are getting cheaper, but because it is such mature tech, it doesn't happen nearly as quickly.

A few years ago I bought 12tb drives for 199, and now 199 gets you 18tb. So for the same price you get 50% more storage.

[–] Error83_NoUserName@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

few years ago that 199 was worth 20% more too 🤣