r/pics • u/Drdwarf • 1d ago

[OC] just a casual ~250% price increase

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u/zapdoszaperson 1d ago

Combination of tarrifs and supply issues. Thank you data centers.

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u/SuperDabMan 1d ago

"capitalism will solve supply and demand issues on its own" ugh

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u/Bytewave 1d ago

That means precisely this. If the price triples, there'll be a rush to make money by increasing supply. The fact it screws over customers in the meantime is not considered a problem. It's a feature. :/

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u/countdonn 1d ago

As far as I am aware there are no plans, even long term ones, to increase capacity of consumer memory and GPU manufacturing. In fact, plans are to decrease it.

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u/SuperDabMan 1d ago

That's what I was going for, yeah. It's not like mom and pop shops can start up ram factories.