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Re:The Only Type of API Services I'll Use by ohazi on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @01:55AM (#22481728)
He obviously meant $0.01/GB for the first TB, pricing $0.001/GB for the next four TB, etc., without the discontinuities, just like your taxes.
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Re:The Only Type of API Services I'll Use by tenant on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @04:11AM (#22482238)
Although I found the price decreasing by 90% at each change somewhat distracting. 2TB of data costs only 10% more to store than 1TB? People with less than a terabyte are subsidising the big boys.
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Re:The Only Type of API Services I'll Use by TeMPOraL on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @06:25AM (#22482838)
It's more like storage isn't the driving factor of the costs. At low end, you'll have some fixed per-user costs; as you go from mid to high end, you may enjoy some economies of scale yourself, and you may want to pass some of those savings on to your customers.
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Re:The Only Type of API Services I'll Use by barrkel on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:01AM (#22484266)
If you look at Google One, they actually charge more for each increment on a per-GB basis for the first few increments.
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Re:The Only Type of API Services I'll Use by 6510 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:17AM (#22482564)
A linear discount would be more fun.
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