According to Duann, PC makers have to buy from SSD module makers because NAND vendors reduced allocation to the client/consumer PC market and redirected most NAND supply to data center products.
As a result, PC OEMs like Acer, Asus, Dell, and HP cannot get enough NAND or SSD supply directly from NAND manufacturers and have to turn to module makers for solid-state drives. The latter traditionally served end-users and had plenty of aftermarket products with enhanced performance and cooling, but now they increasingly serve PC makers instead.
It hasn’t ‘dissapeared’, the demand is still there but we’ve been priced out.
One good thing about it is we’re more inclined to recycle and buy secondhand. Or just make-do if its not essential.
Not even a good thing globally because we’re not replacing production by recycling and secondhand buying. Production is going stronger and more wasteful than ever, it’s just all absorbed in the AI war.
I’m buying open box and refurb. Not paying these ridiculous prices
I’ve replaced a decent sized SSD with gigabit internet. Don’t need to store a bunch of huge games locally if it only takes 10 minutes to download them.
I’m still on a computer from 2018 and I guess I’ll have to wait for years to upgrade. There is no way I’m paying these prices for an upgrade unless I absolutely have to (meaning something breaks and needs to be replaced).
One day something will. Its 8 years old now and counting…
Can’t buy an HDD, Can’t buy an SSD, can’t buy a Blu-ray drive, can’t get head. Can’t have shit.
Here, you should at least have shit
If I needed to shit that bad I’d just eat a whole bag of sugar free oreo’s.
Welcome to Detroit.
AI is going to kill the enthusiast PC hardware community even more than it was before. Great. Love it. Super fantastic. 😑
Future seems to be probably similar to concept as chromeos
You get 32gb internal storage and rest is cloud storage.
And now that data centers are financially collapsing left and right I’m sure they will be regretting thay decision.
I’m a bit out of the loop, are they collapsing right now?
They’re having trouble being built, how does that translate into them collapsing?
I want to go back to November
Everyday I realize that I don’t hate capitalism enough.
Very glad I got 4TB before the graph went vertical.
The most toxic relationship a person can have is a love for technology
You sure about that, bud? Because I’d hazard a guess that it’s almost exactly the same as before, were there options. In fact, I’m moving components around and would love to do a spend on some memory. I need low-profile sticks but if necessary I’ll just de-shield my current RAM. What a shame.
Thanks, AI.
I built my new PC in December 2024 because I knew Trump would fuck things up with tariffs, grifting, and general shitbaggery. So while all that did happen, I didn’t anticipate the AI hype being an even bigger issue. If anything, I just wish I had bought more ram. I had planned on getting more later.
I priced out my build last week for “fun” to see how much it would be now. I paid $1,200 or so, now it would be around $2,150. I would have just not bothered at that price.
I wish I had the foresight you did and built my PC beforehand. I didn’t drown myself in politics until after Trump won though
Eh, it happens. This was just one of the rare times I believed that I saw it coming.
I got my latest pc from the local uni’s surplus sale. 32g with an i7 for 150$
I dont agree with all the points but Collapse OS has a fascinating read: https://collapseos.org/civ.html
In this case its driven by greed…but if you cant get a hold of chips because of ANY factor, its going to look more and more like collapse os is more right than wrong.
