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You're absolutely right about hard disks like this being essential to our current computing capability. But in the personal computer space, very few people nee

You're absolutely right about hard disks like this being essential to our current computing capability. But in the personal computer space, very few people need lots of storage, so they will not "feel" any difference between 2TB and 20TB of hard disk space. Even between SSDs, while some are undoubtedly dramatically better than others, for the average person they wouldn't necessarily notice that their notebook is ever so slightly faster to boot up or load their browser. More advanced CPUs tend to have a much bigger effect on their day to day computing as their computer will feel faster and be able to run longer on batteries.

user3939382 5y ago
I think if huge amounts of storage were cheap and common, what people appear to “need” would naturally evolve to suit those capabilities. Imagine if you could click a button and make a copy of every major studio movie that’s been released in the last 50 years as easily as you copy an email.
- evandijk70 5y ago
  From an end-user perspective, how is this really different than clicking a button to stream a movie on Netflix?
- f1refly 5y ago
  You may find this is illegal and thus not considered by the broad population
elorant 5y ago
I don’t think it’s “very few”. NAS devices seem to be so common these days. Everyone is snapping photos and videos with their phones. Latest phones can record video in 4k. Then you have video games where modern ones eat up more than 100GB per installation. A lot of people need more storage. Not to mention professional photographers, I happen to know a few and they buy at least 2 4TB disks yearly to store everything in copies.
- Heneeque 5y ago
  Noone in my family has a NAS. I have one but I work in it. No normal person thinks about backups. Most normal people just pay 10$ to get cloud storage. Even I do because it is so much better than what I want to operate. My NAS has backups of those.
albio 5y ago
I think personal space storage requirements have increased but consumers have been pushed towards cloud storage. People are drawn in by the free photo backup and when the free tier runs out, it's only $2/mo to continue making it someone else's problem. Business loves the recurring revenue stream and consumers love low/no upfront costs. As long as they don't get randomly flagged for a TOS violation and get banned with no recourse, it's fine not having local copies of their photos.

user3939382 5y ago

I think if huge amounts of storage were cheap and common, what people appear to “need” would naturally evolve to suit those capabilities. Imagine if you could click a button and make a copy of every major studio movie that’s been released in the last 50 years as easily as you copy an email.

evandijk70 5y ago
From an end-user perspective, how is this really different than clicking a button to stream a movie on Netflix?
f1refly 5y ago
You may find this is illegal and thus not considered by the broad population

elorant 5y ago

I don’t think it’s “very few”. NAS devices seem to be so common these days. Everyone is snapping photos and videos with their phones. Latest phones can record video in 4k. Then you have video games where modern ones eat up more than 100GB per installation. A lot of people need more storage. Not to mention professional photographers, I happen to know a few and they buy at least 2 4TB disks yearly to store everything in copies.

Heneeque 5y ago
Noone in my family has a NAS. I have one but I work in it. No normal person thinks about backups. Most normal people just pay 10$ to get cloud storage. Even I do because it is so much better than what I want to operate. My NAS has backups of those.

albio 5y ago

I think personal space storage requirements have increased but consumers have been pushed towards cloud storage. People are drawn in by the free photo backup and when the free tier runs out, it's only $2/mo to continue making it someone else's problem. Business loves the recurring revenue stream and consumers love low/no upfront costs. As long as they don't get randomly flagged for a TOS violation and get banned with no recourse, it's fine not having local copies of their photos.