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  "articleBody": "[My comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693#49871741) on [S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693) — Hacker News\n\nOne thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in *a full decade*:\n\n```\n2006-03-14  $0.150/GB-month\n2010-11-01  $0.140/GB-month\n2012-02-01  $0.125/GB-month\n2012-12-01  $0.095/GB-month\n2014-02-01  $0.085/GB-month\n2014-04-01  $0.030/GB-month\n2016-12-01  $0.023/GB-month\n```\n\nToday it's still $0.023/GB-month.\n",
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  "content_html": "<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693#49871741\">My comment</a> on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693\">S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past</a> — Hacker News</p>\n<p>One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in <em>a full decade</em>:</p>\n<pre><code><span class=\"code-snippet\">2006-03-14  $0.150/GB-month\n2010-11-01  $0.140/GB-month\n2012-02-01  $0.125/GB-month\n2012-12-01  $0.095/GB-month\n2014-02-01  $0.085/GB-month\n2014-04-01  $0.030/GB-month\n2016-12-01  $0.023/GB-month\n</span></code></pre>\n<p>Today it's still $0.023/GB-month.</p>\n",
  "content_markdown": "[My comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693#49871741) on [S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851693) — Hacker News\n\nOne thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in *a full decade*:\n\n```\n2006-03-14  $0.150/GB-month\n2010-11-01  $0.140/GB-month\n2012-02-01  $0.125/GB-month\n2012-12-01  $0.095/GB-month\n2014-02-01  $0.085/GB-month\n2014-04-01  $0.030/GB-month\n2016-12-01  $0.023/GB-month\n```\n\nToday it's still $0.023/GB-month.\n",
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  "summary": "My comment on S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past — Hacker News. One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade: 2006-03-14 $0.150/GB-month 2010-11-01 $0.140/GB-month 2012-02-01 $0.125/GB-month 2012-12-01 $0.095/GB-month 2014-02-01 $0.085/GB-month 2014-04-01 $0.030/GB-month 2016-12-01 $0.023/GB-month Today it's still $0.023/GB-month. Tags: amazon-web-services, s3",
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  "title": "S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past",
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