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AI demand blamed for 153% surge in external hard drive prices

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A user on Mastodon expressed frustration over the significant price increase of a Seagate 24TB external hard drive, noting it jumped from $279.99 to $709.99 in six months. The user attributed this price hike to the demand driven by AI technology, specifically mentioning "#AI techbros" and the need for more storage for tasks like backing up game purchases from GOG and Microsoft OneDrive. AI

IMPACT Increased demand for AI compute and storage may be driving up hardware costs for consumers.

RANK_REASON User complaint about AI driving up hardware prices, not a direct AI development.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

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AI demand blamed for 153% surge in external hard drive prices

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Back in December of 2025, two days before Christmas, I was on vacation and doing some tech stuff that I had on my todo list. One of them was to start backing up

    Back in December of 2025, two days before Christmas, I was on vacation and doing some tech stuff that I had on my todo list. One of them was to start backing up my GoG game purchases (and also have a bigger drive to backup my OneDrive stuff, my music and my pictures. I stopped by…

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