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That's true for the base S3 product, but there are a lot more storage tiers than there used to be with cheaper pricing. All the way to $0.99/TB for Deep Archive.

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Not that deep archive isn't a valid option for the appropriate work load, but it has different effective costs.

Well there was also a period of low inflation in them during that time.

God why am I defending Amazon?

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