S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

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Simon Willison comments on the lack of price drops for Amazon S3 over the past decade, noting its last decrease was in 2016.

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# Comment: S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/27/hn-49871741/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/27/hn-49871741/) 27th September 2026 [Comment](https://simonwillison.net/elsewhere/comment/)![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=news.ycombinator.com&sz=128)[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 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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