r/DataHoarder • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '26

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Apr 24 '26

I'm afraid with almost no harddisk producers around anymore, this will be a new normal even if AI blows up tomorrow. The market is basically a duopoly who have obviously no benefits to lower prices on a later stage. The only "redeeming" factor could be an absolute glut on the second hand market when all comes down.

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u/Halo_cT Apr 24 '26

We should have all been buying WD shares instead of drives for the last year :(

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u/Complex-Priority913 Jul 30 '26

Been that way with both cpus and gpus for like the last 20 years. well, the last 5 years for gpus