Western Digital to Deliver 18TB CMR and 20TB SMR HDDs in the First Half of 2020

[lexluthermiester]

Sweet mother of storage...

Agreed!

Too bad they cost a few arms, legs and kidneys.
Currently the sweet-spot is still in the range of 8 and 10 TB.

But good that they push the tech forward !

You're missing a critical point though, these new drives will push the cost of smaller drives down. This is still a win for anyone who wants mass storage.

High capacity storage is expensive because the industry wants you to store all your stuff on the cloud, and get content on a subscription basis.

That might happen for certain people, but for some of us, never gonna happen.