I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services. I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media...
Yea drive prices especially have gone up a lot. goharddrive or serverpartdeals (both on ebay or their own sites, have bought from the later with no issue) both sell used enterprise drives for good prices though. There are periodic sales as well, black friday is usually good. Like seagate recently had some 24tb drives on sale for like 260 each. datahoarder on reddit usually has sale posts although idk if you use reddit much.
Yea drive prices especially have gone up a lot. goharddrive or serverpartdeals (both on ebay or their own sites, have bought from the later with no issue) both sell used enterprise drives for good prices though. There are periodic sales as well, black friday is usually good. Like seagate recently had some 24tb drives on sale for like 260 each. datahoarder on reddit usually has sale posts although idk if you use reddit much.