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WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN]
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TL:DW;
Mr. Nexus still thinks its news that, under capitalism, production of luxury goods will always be sold to the highest bidder and not "the masses"
I didn't watch it either. But its about Micron no longer selling consumer ram in favor of the AI industry customer.
Who tries to give a TL:DW for a video they didn't even watch? So weird
https://piefed.ca/comment/2532727
Oh wow, I got all the important parts didn't I?
Crazy....
No, and your hostility is out of place. Do you have something against GN?
So there's three companies that make almost all the DRAM and they're now all ramping down production of consumer RAM.
They've also done price fixing in the past.
I don't think much math needs to be done.
I respect that Steve was able to control himself and only make a 25 minute video on this.
You can only use so many "fucks" before a video is demonetized. Running any longer would have come up against that wall.
Thanks! So literally a nothing burger.
I hate YouTube clickbait.
Well I mean the 3 DRAM manufacturers that matter all made the decision to ramp down consumer RAM manufacturing. OpenAI alone is buying up 40% of all global DRAM production.
Given all the financial fuckery going on with OpenAI and the AI and hardware industries in general, I'm pretty sure this is intentional price fixing.
So just another day in capitalist society. Nothing to write home about imo.
Just accepting how fucked things are does not advance change. Others being concerned about it benefits you, so I'm not sure what you're complaining about.
It's just that society has much bigger problems than the price of ram sticks.
Like the price of housing, the price of food, transportation..
I don't find this even worth mentioning, that's just it.
So, you're going with the slippery slope: There are so many other problems, why worry about a new one?
I'm homeless and struggle to afford food, so I'm aware of the larger issues in play. The problem here is that we're adding a new one atop societal decay. Handwaving each new fuckup away is how we succumb to a future without agency.
Now is the time to be shouting from the rooftops, not giving up.
Nothing in modern society works without computers, so everything will get a bit more expensive with DRAM and NAND chips multiplying in price. Hell, wages may go down at low margin businesses dependent on computing.
It's not apocalyptic by any means, but it's just more salt in many wounds.
For us gamers, RAM is a once every 5 or 10 years expense. If you buy it more often, you're just wasting money most likely. Businesses may buy a lot of new computers every year, or they might use cloud compute services that will also get more expensive.
I have a rule that I will double RAM with each generation. I had 8GB of DDR2, then 16GB of DDR3. You can guess where I went with DDR4.
Looks like I'm not getting 64GB this year.
Got 64GB DDR5 earlier this year. I went to check the price of the kit recently and it's up to $800. Shit's insane.
What timings?
6000 MT/s 28-36-36-96
Looks like a nice kit. I was holding out for 6400 before everything fell apart. G.Skill has been solid for me in the past.
Also part of the 32 GB DDR4 club here; I'm considering waiting for DDR6 and 128 GB lol
Have fun with the wait!
Micron took millions in tax payer dollars from the CHIPS Act to build fabs. To then turn around and shut down their consumer market is kind of fucked. That's a little more than a nothing burger.