What is the technical limitation for banks that makes them only give you 18 months of history?

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For both my bank accounts I can only access 18 months of history.

To access older account history, you have to pay a certain amount of money for each old statement. Why do banks do that? Shouldn't this practice go away as we get bigger hard disks and cheaper storage?

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