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DannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

SSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous output

www.pcgamer.com

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SSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous output

www.pcgamer.com

DannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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And where the leader goes, so the rest of the mob is likely to follow.
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    It blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.

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      The old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        If a single company can unilaterally dictate the price of a thing simply because they control a big enough piece of the market… yeah. That’s a monopoly.

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    A tale as old as time, one day it will be dirt cheap again

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