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Storage?! In this economy!? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey all you beautiful selfhosters,

What are your suggestions for frugally obtaining HDDs in the current economic climate? Specifically the EU (Netherlands).

I'm looking at second hand drives, but even those go for €100+ now, with bad sectors and all.

Can we organise a collective AI datacenter robbery and doll out some stolen drives? 😁

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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

With how the internet is going, I don't think we will be able to get content from it in 5 to 10 years. It will be completely locked down, so all we have on our drives will be it. Back to mailing DVDs!

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Usenet will likely still be around, and torrents are like playing whack-a-mole.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It will just be a lot harder to get to, and likely harsher laws put in place as well.

    I mean, not allowing vpns for personal use would stop us all. Businesses would of course be allowed to use them.

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