Thank you! And you're right, it shouldn't cost that much. Financials are public for many of these vendors: 80%+ margins. The cost to value ratio has gotten way out of whack.

But even if storage were free, there's still a signal problem. Junk has a cost beyond the bill: infrastructure works harder, pipelines work harder, network egress adds up. And then there's noise. Engineers are inundated with it, which makes it harder to debug, understand their systems, and iterate on production. And if engineers struggle with noise and data quality, so does AI.

It's all related. Cheap storage is part of the solution, but understanding has to come first.