Comment on The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoAs the article explains, you will indirectly pay.
Any product that contains RAM or any service that relies on the use of computers at scale, is going to pass the operating cost (the cost of sourcing RAM) onto the consumer.
supamanc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And these prices will never go down again. Even when shortages end, costoners will be used to the higher prices, and companies will be used to charging them.
hark@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This isn’t the first time that the memory companies have colluded to raise prices. It’s perhaps one of the more extreme instances, yes, but with the AI excuse going away, things will have to go back to reality, especially as China ramps up production and ruins the cartel setup we’re currently stuck with.