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Cost of 1 gigabyte of storage over time (lemmy.world)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22872422

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Average cost for 1 gigabyte of storage:

45 years ago: $438,000 40 years ago: $238,000 35 years ago: $48,720 30 years ago: $5,152 25 years ago: $455 20 years ago: $5 15 years ago: $0.55 10 years ago: $0.05 5 years ago: $0.03 Today: $0.01

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Size of 1gb of storage over time would be neat too.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago

45 years ago: 1gb

40 years ago: 1gb

35 years ago: 1gb

Etc.

this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2024

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