I mean, it is also that OpenAI cornered the RAM market, which is a typical price gouging scenario; it’s just weird that OpenAI wasn’t trying to make money directly through the maneuver. It does seem like they wanted prices to rise, though, to increase the barrier to competition.
eldebryn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s almost like unregulated capitalism is a certain highway to oligarchy and authoritarianism.