I dont even want to build a computer anymore, finally saved up some money and I shouldve just continued spending it on overpriced festivals (crazy how it also used to be a deal and now its just 500$ minimum for ticket and shitty hotel)
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danhab99@programming.dev 1 month ago
This has got to be some sort of psyop
dil@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
OpenAI bought 40% of the world’s DRAM.
They bought them as whole wafers (not finished chips!) from SK Hynix and Samsung.
Then they put them in a warehouse
All of that is confirmed, btw. The part below is my speculation:
To me, that reads as if they’re using VC money to drive up RAM prices, hoping that their competitors (who are catching up) can’t buy more RAM.
It’s so anticompetitive it’s unbelievable. And of course, normal buyers are the most fucked over.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 month ago
So where are the regulators right now? Oh yes, they’ve all been completely gutted by the governments.