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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago (1 child)

It was done on purpose, to keep us from building and tinkering with our own technology.

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[–] decolo@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago*

walled garden baby

e: same reason they're fucking with 3d printing

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