It sounds desperate, but look at the stupifying amount of storage BackBlaze has to order every year and realize that their business model would be impossible with current SSD storage capacity and prices.
Even on the consumer level, HDDs still have their advantages. You can now buy a single 22TB HDD that fits into a 5-inch bay for about the price of a Chromebook. Buying that amount of space in SSDs would require multiple drives and would be cost-prohibitive for most people.
It sounds desperate, but look at the stupifying amount of storage BackBlaze has to order every year and realize that their business model would be impossible with current SSD storage capacity and prices.
Even on the consumer level, HDDs still have their advantages. You can now buy a single 22TB HDD that fits into a 5-inch bay for about the price of a Chromebook. Buying that amount of space in SSDs would require multiple drives and would be cost-prohibitive for most people.