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[–] wander1236 14 points 6 months ago

Storage capacity, especially in SSDs, has been increasing really fast and decreasing in price at almost the same rate. 1TB was a lot of space in 2010 and could set you back a few hundred at least for an HDD. In 2024, you can get a 2TB SSD that's like 10x as fast as an HDD for under $100.