▲ 287 ▼ RAM manufacturers have been sued for allegedly fixing prices and supply, leading to increased costs (www.videogameschronicle.com) submitted 4 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) What's the typical explanation? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* That it is just the demand in itself and the stupidity or "greed" of AI and chip manufacturing companies, rather than the inevitable trajectory of a capitalist economy where infinite growth subordinates the real material limitations of production (which includes the limitations of computation in general). So, they produce the conditions where profit increases by cannabilizing the market, which is a different thing than them just being some particularly bad acting individuals. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* That it is just the demand in itself and the stupidity or "greed" of AI and chip manufacturing companies, rather than the inevitable trajectory of a capitalist economy where infinite growth subordinates the real material limitations of production (which includes the limitations of computation in general). So, they produce the conditions where profit increases by cannabilizing the market, which is a different thing than them just being some particularly bad acting individuals. permalink fedilink source parent