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everdrive ◴[] No.45006602[source]
The free internet might be gone in the next decade. Probably time to buy a few hard drives and do some archiving. I don't just mean piracy. Articles, blogs, anything you find precious.
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SlowTao ◴[] No.45007881[source]
I suspect that in some places they might start requiring ID when purchasing large volumes of storage.

"Only a criminal would need 10 terabytes of storage!"

Something stupid like that.

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sneak ◴[] No.45009434[source]
I got casually questioned by the clerk in Berlin Mitte last month when buying 20x 20TB drives for cash.

“Industrial-scale piracy” is what I told him, truthfully. I think he thought I was joking.

Pretty soon it’ll only be hyperscalers or large enterprises that have data storage. You’ll have the 4TB max in your phone or laptop and that’ll be it.

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1. SlowTao ◴[] No.45011427[source]
Apple hearing they have an excuse not to add more storage, cue happy shareholder noises