“Porn... porn has been the fastest adopter of all things internet over the past 30 years.”
17 years ago or so, I read that porn was the largest stimulator for developing larger hard drives. You can buy 18TB hard drives these days. About $250. Spinning at 5400RPM I believe. Seems 7200RPM too.
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WD Red Pro WD181KFGX —18TB— 7200 RPM 512MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5” Internal Hard Drive - OEM —— $349.99
https://www.newegg.com/red-pro-wd181kfgx-18tb/p/N82E16822234430?Description=18tb%20hard%20drive&cm_re=18tb_hard%20drive-_-22-234-430-_-Product&quicklink=true
Video conferencing tech and basically all things internet has been spearheaded by the porn industry.