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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 59 points 8 months ago* (9 children)

The headline blaming it all on AI seems misleading given the owner explicitly blames leechers in the community. Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits and then had the gall to add their own paywalls without contributing anything back.

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  • [–] 37 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

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

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  • [+] -33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    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.

    edit : okay seems i've overplayed my hand a little here. My personal experience comes from buying used hardware which is still going pretty cheap but obviously that's a dicey sell for professional hosting.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months 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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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits

    Huh?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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