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   Aether ??? (aether@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 01-Aug-2025 21:42:28 JST Aether ???
   Seagate has started selling 28TB HAMR external drives.
   
   https://www.servethehome.com/seagate-expansion-28tb-ex...
   
   The bare drive costs around $570.
   
   The external drive in a USB case with a power adaptor costs $330.
   
   Why? Because.
   
   Does it work the same? Yes.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 01-Aug-2025 21:46:04 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @Aether I remember in the late 2000s this same thing was pretty common. Somebody who worked for Seagate or Western digital (can't remember) said that it's different divisions and externals had less supply turnover and didn't price adjust as often for supply concerns because they wanted the market share.