It’s probably economies of scale - not a lot of tape drives being manufactured t...

dale_glass · on May 25, 2023

I mean sure, but I don't think the number is that small. There's a lot of datacenters out there.

And the guts of one don't look that much more complicated than a VCR. Does the head cost $3000 or something?

anamexis · on May 25, 2023

Even given lots of datacenters, I would bet VCRs sold 3+ orders of magnitude more units. That’s a lot of room for economy of scale.

hinkley · on May 25, 2023

Scale also brings competition.