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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 182 points 2 months ago (5 children)

So far we are seeing significant price increases/low availability in:

  • RAM
  • SSDs/hard drives
  • some microcontrollers
  • phones
  • and now GPUs
    I think we are nearing a bit of a technological winter for the consumer market.
[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 85 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] kepix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

but how else will little timmy make his homework?

[–] morto@piefed.social 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And all that while we get more and more dependent on technology...

As someone from the third world, I'm really scared

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Getting repairable tech will be even more important now than ever. Making your current devices last is important, but even more important in a couple of years (in my opinion).

I just dont see the price going down.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really want your conclusion to be wrong but all the logic left in me agrees with it.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, it’s a culture I can get behind. Lower ewaste, reduce the product cycle to something greater than a year, encourage more hobbies and less consumerism, … people will flock toward things that last, which is a market that can use some love.

[–] Sheldan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Tbf, GPU were already part of a significant price increase. It just stuck around and got the new normal.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Even cars

Ford is cancelling their electric pickup because they will convert their ev battery factory in a factory that makes batteries for datacenters

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/ford-ends-f-150-lightning-production-starts-battery-storage-business/

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Interesting project