Storage Cost Debate

Commenters debate whether data storage is cheap or expensive, particularly for cloud providers, and discuss its implications for service pricing and economics.

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S3 NO i.e github.com SAN GB TB UAV THING storage store store data data pay cheap expensive cheaper space cost

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xnx Jan 7, 2026 View on HN

Good news(?), storage is expensive now, so this may get more attention.

amanaplanacanal Nov 13, 2025 View on HN

Storage exists, and will continue to get cheaper.

scrlk Mar 14, 2023 View on HN

Is it still a 1/5th of the cost if you have to factor in storage?

caryhartline Apr 8, 2015 View on HN

It's not like they can just give away unlimited storage.

MerelyMortal Nov 15, 2022 View on HN

It costs them lots of cents to store those bits of data, it's only fair!

csee Nov 10, 2021 View on HN

Source that storage isn't that expensive? What I've read has said the opposite. If that's true then I'll adjust my views accordingly.

terse_malvolio Feb 15, 2021 View on HN

considering storage is cheap, this seems like a great idea

smrtinsert Sep 25, 2025 View on HN

Until the cost of storage is 0, this is all still a thing.

Tichy Aug 27, 2010 View on HN

Well, storage is basically free these days, right? :-)

mrweasel Dec 19, 2025 View on HN

Why pay for storage when you do it for them?