▲ 682 ▼ Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 9 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive 28 TB $449.99 Price per TB: $16.07 For used༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
[–] ghostface@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Why isn't there a companies just for the consumer market? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago Because if they can make for consumers, then there's a shit ton of investor money waiting for some tech bro to turn it into 'AI'. The tech industry companies are playing with nigh unlimited house money, consumers can't compete. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ksh@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago Because AI is a dual use technology which can broker massive amounts of information to governments. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mr_pip@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago b/c they all fail as everyone is going for ai marketed cr*p permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago Because if they can make for consumers, then there's a shit ton of investor money waiting for some tech bro to turn it into 'AI'. The tech industry companies are playing with nigh unlimited house money, consumers can't compete. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ksh@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago Because AI is a dual use technology which can broker massive amounts of information to governments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_pip@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago b/c they all fail as everyone is going for ai marketed cr*p permalink fedilink source parent