This does seem likely, especially if it’s as the article claims and this continues into 2028. After 2 and a 1/2 years of triple digit profits nobody is going to be satisfied with a measly 14% or whatever markup they were getting before.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I fear they will pull a GPU and the devices will be permanently 50% more expensive after.
undefinedValue@programming.dev 1 week ago
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I mean, that’s capitalism, right? The manufacturers see that their product is still selling at a 300% markup, why would they bring the price back down when they can just make more profit if/when costs for them come back down? Sure they might drop it a little to make it “look” like a good deal. Just like GPUs. They went from being $600 for high end, to being $2000. Then when they announced that the next Gen was “only” going to be $1200 everybody was like “Wow! What a great deal!”
I hate this timeline. They just keep figuring out new ways to squeeze money out of me and ruining my hobbies.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
But this only works long-term with collusion. Which i don’t see the current administration persecute much.