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RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse. (mashable.com)
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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And all this is just because .... AI demand.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Rather they grabbed a fancy reason to increase prices because of greed.

The few big ram production companies likely had a chat and decided: "Hey, more money? Yea! More money! We like more money!"

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

But of course they do, their shareholders wouldn't like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷