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Storage?! In this economy!? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by Smurfi@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey all you beautiful selfhosters,

What are your suggestions for frugally obtaining HDDs in the current economic climate? Specifically the EU (Netherlands).

I'm looking at second hand drives, but even those go for €100+ now, with bad sectors and all.

Can we organise a collective AI datacenter robbery and doll out some stolen drives? 😁

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With how the internet is going, I don't think we will be able to get content from it in 5 to 10 years. It will be completely locked down, so all we have on our drives will be it. Back to mailing DVDs!

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Usenet will likely still be around, and torrents are like playing whack-a-mole.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It will just be a lot harder to get to, and likely harsher laws put in place as well.

I mean, not allowing vpns for personal use would stop us all. Businesses would of course be allowed to use them.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"I mean, not allowing vpns for personal use would stop us all."

Yes and no. We'd go back to sneakernets. :)

... But that would be significantly more unpleasantly limited than the current ways of doing things...

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 9 hours ago

And sneakernets would make personal archives more valuable than ever