• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    That’s business logic. Consumer logic is that when things get cheaper they should actually be cheaper.

    • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      They do get cheaper but the cheaper ones don’t get made because they aren’t worth anything anymore. Like sure you can get a 500GB HDD which used to be a moderately priced option and is now basically trash or free. The prices go down, but the key is that consumers no longer want the old thing either.

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        27 days ago

        Actually those are still available. And I will admit if anyone tried to get me to pay 100 dollars for one now I would probably laugh them out of the room.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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      27 days ago

      The actual shells and manufacturing costs aren’t going down meaningfully. Giving you more for the same price is how consumers benefit the most. Especially because consumer demands for storage (among people willing to buy any, at least) keep going up and there isn’t a big market for HDDs that are half the price but 1/4 of the storage.