▲ 345 ▼ RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse. (mashable.com) submitted 3 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mihies@programming.dev 17 points 3 months ago (3 children) And all this is just because .... AI demand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) Rather they grabbed a fancy reason to increase prices because of greed. The few big ram production companies likely had a chat and decided: "Hey, more money? Yea! More money! We like more money!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago But of course they do, their shareholders wouldn't like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago No, it’s actually not because of the AI demand. AI is a demand metric but not enough to cause the hikes we’re seeing and (as the manufacturers want us to) even preparing for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) Rather they grabbed a fancy reason to increase prices because of greed. The few big ram production companies likely had a chat and decided: "Hey, more money? Yea! More money! We like more money!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago But of course they do, their shareholders wouldn't like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago But of course they do, their shareholders wouldn't like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago No, it’s actually not because of the AI demand. AI is a demand metric but not enough to cause the hikes we’re seeing and (as the manufacturers want us to) even preparing for. permalink fedilink source parent