S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

27th September 2026

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.

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