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That's not true. We've seen prices from supply shock go back down (the increase in hard drive prices when there were floods in Asia 10-15 years ago comes to min

by bigstrat2003 4mo ago

That's not true. We've seen prices from supply shock go back down (the increase in hard drive prices when there were floods in Asia 10-15 years ago comes to mind as an example). It does take a while, but it will happen eventually.

thewebguyd 4mo ago
Even then, prices stayed elevated for years. They never went back to pre-supply shock prices. Right around that time too the industry consolidated. WD bought Hitachi, Seagate bought Samsung's HDD business. It left a duopoly, so now there was no competitive pressure for a price war. Prices got locked in higher than pre-flood levels, intentionally. For the current DRAM situation, I can almost promise we'll never see $60-$90 RAM again. Maybe, 32GB won't cost you $500 eventually, but it'll cost you $250-$350 instead of $500. If the market can bear it, why would anyone get into a price war that's just a race to the bottom where no one wins?
- aaronblohowiak 4mo ago
  China
- bryik 4mo ago
  > They never went back to pre-supply shock prices. What do you mean? 2011: 2 TB HDD for $79.99 ($0.0000400 / MB). 2012: 2 TB HDD for $157.27 ($0.0000786 / MB). 2014: 4 TB HDD for $109 ($0.0000367 / MB) 2024: 8 TB HDD for $111.98 ($0.0000140 / MB) https://web.archive.org/web/20250318110739/http://jcmit.net/diskprice.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20250318110739/http://jcmit.net/... https://www.thecpuguide.com/pc/disk-price-history-hdd-ssd-price-tracker/ https://www.thecpuguide.com/pc/disk-price-history-hdd-ssd-pr...