9 points
Tapes themselves are cheaper but there’s also the upfront cost of the tape drive (we’re talking thousands).
11 points
And that there is the real crime. It’s a real shame no one’s making a tape drive at the consumer market price point. Tapes are a hell of a lot more convenient for backups and archival than the giant weird pile of storage formats we’ve seen over years.
6 points
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