[hdhrnnrkrkf]

I'm not so sure, in 2012 me and a lot of friends switched to SSD because it made the computer so much faster, not because there was a HDD shortage. And the tech press at the time was full of articles about how amazing SSDs are and how everybody should get one.

[Scoundreller]

They were always better, but the price delta narrowed a lot because of HD price increases.

If you only had space for 1 drive, you did have to choose between small capacity with high speed vs. High capacity and slower speeds.

Plus (real or mythical) reliability issues with new tech.

[hdhrnnrkrkf]

But nobody was talking about the price delta then.

The narrative was "for 300 bucks you can make your computer so much faster, best investment ever". No mention about increasing HDD prices, nobody cared.

[Scoundreller]

If you’re made of money sure. For others, $300 for storage is a lot, but if it’s vs $200 vs $100, that has an impact on willingness to pay $300.