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Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market

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  1. eagerpace · · focus · HN ↗
    People have the option of just not buying stuff. I sold my Tesla in 2021 for a stupid price, drove a beater for two years, and bought another new car a couple years later. Now, certainly not everyone has that luxury, but this is computers, not real estate. Prices will crash.
    1. PorciiVorbesc · · focus · HN ↗
      >People have the option of just not buying stuff.

      Unless you know, your main and only PC/notebook just died and need a replacement ASAP, they you don't really have an option to not buy. And no, the used market (where I live) is just as fucked, proportionally reflecting the retail gouging, with people wanting quite a lot of cash for tower PCs and notebooks from the Pentium 4 - Core 2 Duo era.

      > Prices will crash.

      Does your crystal ball also say when exactly? If my laptop broke, then I need a replacement now in the overpriced market, not in X years when prices will crash.

      1. NooneAtAll3 · · focus · HN ↗
        > Does your crystal ball also say when exactly?

        last news I heard was end of 2027, when several new production lines from existing producers start operations

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