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WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by b3lvedere »

lccerina wrote: post #8

Everyone: things suck, better move my stuff on a small home server. The hyper-scaler mafia: NOT ON MY WATCH! The only silver lining is that newer devices will have to scale down memory, so developers will have to ditch memory-sucking frameworks and start to optimize things again.

The main thing that the powers that be have always underestimated is the insane creativity the common people have when it comes to wanting things, but being forced to use alternative ways. Not going to say it won't suck, but interesting ways will indeed be found.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by Maxion »

fastily wrote: post #18

If component prices keep going up and the respective monopoly/duopoly/triopoly for each component colludes to keep prices high/supply constrained, then eventually devices will become too expensive for the average consumer. So what’s the game plan here? Are companies planning to let users lease a device from them? Worth noting that Sony already lets you do this with a ps5. Sounds like we’re headed towards a “you will…

> Sounds like we’re headed towards a “you will own nothing and be happy” type situation

That's when I sell of my current hardware and house, buy a cow and some land somewhere in the boondocks and become a hermit.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by b3lvedere »

fastily wrote: post #18

If component prices keep going up and the respective monopoly/duopoly/triopoly for each component colludes to keep prices high/supply constrained, then eventually devices will become too expensive for the average consumer. So what’s the game plan here? Are companies planning to let users lease a device from them? Worth noting that Sony already lets you do this with a ps5. Sounds like we’re headed towards a “you will…

It could be a level up from that.

"You will use AI, because that will be the only way you will have a relaxed life. You will pay for it, own nothing and be content. Nobody cares if you are happy or not."

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by olavgg »

nubg wrote: post #23
olavgg wrote: post #19

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Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

It is my text, enchanced by AI. Without AI, I would never have used the word "Monopsony". So I learned something new writing this comment.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by cubefox »

post-it wrote: post #14

It'll be fine. The supply chain for these components is inelastic, but that means once manufacturing capacity increases, it'll stay there. We'll see lower prices, especially if there is an AI crash and a mass hardware selloff like some people are predicting.

> According to Mosley, Seagate is not expanding its production capacities for now. Growth is to come only from higher-capacity hard drives, not from additional unit numbers.
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