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margalabargala ◴[] No.45897125[source]
This is a long term good thing.

It sucks right now and will probably suck through 2027.

By 2028 or so we'll have a 50% drop in price-per-storage for these components.

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1. palmotea ◴[] No.45897449[source]
> This is a long term good thing. ... By 2028 or so we'll have a 50% drop in price-per-storage for these components.

Per the op:

> and the ongoing DRAM shortage is proof of this, with memory kits costing more than double what they did just a few months ago.

> While enterprise-grade QLC SSDs would entirely power this pivot, Sandisk has already raised NAND prices by 50%, according to another DigiTimes report, after initially warning of a 10% increase two months ago.

So you're basically saying prices may return to normal in two years, and that's somehow a good thing compared to them not being inflated in the first place?