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Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse (www.pcworld.com)
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  • Nvidia and Micron are making emotional appeals to consumers while PC users express frustration with big AI companies’ practices and self-serving motives.
  • Memory vendors predict DRAM and SSD shortages lasting until mid-2027, while new tariffs on advanced computing chips and potential Steam Machine pricing over $1,000 add to consumer concerns.
  • The article highlights how corporations use emotional messaging to mask financial interests, advising consumers to remain skeptical of such appeals.
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism, when unchecked, tends to create those giant monopolies you've mentioned. It is capitalism at its end game, total consolidation.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I remember back in the reddit days telling people that the EU doesn't have trillion dollar tech megacorps because we don't want companies to have this much power and the americans calling it cope. Well no ones laughing now.

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