There are far more than 2 needs in storage: but we can build on your subset. Part of ‘consuming’ storage is having it work with your tools and processes and workflow: in this case it’s S3 support (which Amazon, Petabox, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, iDrive E2 and more offer). It’s important, and Bunny doesn’t do it. And part of ‘at a good price’ is including the at-rest costs of space: and Bunny charges more than double Storj.
You quoted my previous response, so you’ve seen the links (to Bunny) that I included. If you want cheap bandwidth, Bunny certainly offers it! But they don’t support the tools that Amazon / Petabox / Backblaze B2 / Wasabi / iDrive E2 / Storj (and more) do… so using them as a pricing sample for direct competition is disingenuous. Bunny is an excellent and cost-effective CDN provider! They aren’t an alternative to Storj.
Storj has never promised the lowest price. They promise lower-than-Amazon: which has remained true since launch. But I hear what you’re saying.
If Storj believes they have a profitable pricing model now, and “do not anticipate a need to make further changes to the node payout rates for the foreseeable future”… why must the price go down? It certainly could… but they’ve never focused on being the cheapest: as that seems to be a race to the corporate bottom. From what I’ve seen, with offerings like Select: they seem to be chasing higher-margin customers instead of higher-volume. They could let companies like Petabox and iDrive get most of the price-conscious market… while they focus on customers who’ll pay more for premium features (like SOC 2)… and everyone is profitable in their own markets.