Just a clarification the difference in cost-per-byte stored is 25% (1.25 cents vs 1). The rates are all so small it's hard to see that but when you say $12.50

Just a clarification the difference in cost-per-byte stored is 25% (1.25 cents vs 1). The rates are all so small it's hard to see that but when you say $12.50 vs $10 per TiB/month, I think that makes it more "visible". As you get into the PiB range ($10k/month on Nearline) and then consider storage for a year you've got a difference of $30k/year/PiB. For individuals doing a small backup even 25% isn't huge in absolute numbers, but in the petabyte range it matters a lot. Disclaimer: I work on Compute Engine (and not GCS or Nearline).