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I don’t understand why cloud storage prices are going up as costs should be deflationary as disks and bandwidth get cheaper. IP costs more, but that sucks. I
by prepend 3y ago
I don’t understand why cloud storage prices are going up as costs should be deflationary as disks and bandwidth get cheaper.
IP costs more, but that sucks.
I liked the apple one bundle at $20, but at $26 it’s pretty stupid.
- ezfe 3y agoCloud storage costs aren't going up, the 2TB plan has been $9.99 its entire lifetime.
- wongarsu 3y agoIt's probably due to the other things in the bundle. icloud+ (so just the storage) seems to have kept the same prices since 2018, and the 50GB and 200GB tier haven't changed price since 2016. Both the change in 2016 and 2018 were price drops. I don't know why the price never dropped after 2018, but at least the highest icloud+ tier it's in line with what other providers charge for cloud storage. It just doesn't get that much cheaper than $5/TB.
- crazygringo 3y agoNo, consumer cloud subscriptions don't tend to decrease in price. Instead, they add capacity over time at the same price point. E.g. in 2017 Apple changed its $9.99/mo plan from 1 TB to 2 TB. And by the way it's still at that $9.99 price. It hasn't gone up, at least not in the US. Compared with inflation, it actually has gotten cheaper in real terms.