The next advance on HDDs literally came last year. 20tb+ drives are available at ever decreasing prices these days, after being stalled at 16/18tb for a good few years.
Maybe you’re thinking of home devices as opposed to commercial products that pay salaries for employees buildings, IT infrastructure, R&D, development, security, etc?
Storage costs are definitely going down.
Yes, but that’s been slowing. They’re reaching limits until the next advance in HDDs.
Flash is still much more expensive per GB.
Power costs, server costs and Datacenter space are going up.
The next advance on HDDs literally came last year. 20tb+ drives are available at ever decreasing prices these days, after being stalled at 16/18tb for a good few years.
Maybe you’re thinking of home devices as opposed to commercial products that pay salaries for employees buildings, IT infrastructure, R&D, development, security, etc?