My most elder millennial trait is that every time I buy a storage device for computer stuff, I stare at the cost of it like I haven't literally lived through the technology getting cheaper and cheaper.
But, like, you gotta understand, the first time I ever bought a flash drive was in undergrad because it was for a design class, and the computers in the lab didn't have the storage for all the files we'd need and then be making.
The prof said, "You need a 1 gig flash drive." And I went out to the Wal-Mart and bought one, and it was $30. Which was a LOT for my broke college student ass.
I am about to plug in an external drive that is 1 terabyte. It cost $47. To be fair, it was on sale. Marked down from $58.
Like, I need you to understand that this flash drive on Amazon is equal to what I bought all those years ago, okay. This would be the one the prof suggested. And it's 127 gigs LARGER and nearly 1/3rd the price. (Literally, this is the brand I bought).
I would have been about 22 when I bought that first flash drive. I'm 42. In twenty years, we've gone from the astounding idea you could carry an entire gig in your pocket to the expectation that you'll need a terabyte at some point.