I purchased a 5T drive in 2019 and the price is higher now despite newer better drives going on the market since.
Not much has down in price over the last few years.
Price volatility exists.
Meanwhile the overall price of storage has been going down consistently: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/historical-cost-of-comput...
Price volatility exists.
Meanwhile the overall price of storage has been going down consistently: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/historical-cost-of-comput...