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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 147 points 10 months ago (10 children)

By what magik are they able to “predict” a 50% price increase ?

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Article says SSD manufacturers currently sell at a loss & intend to raise prices because they want to be profitable, 40% is break even, 50% is profitable

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Selling at a loss? Lol yeah sure they are.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Actually a common practice to gain a leg up in the market and kill the competition. This can drag on for long, but the endgame is always buyers getting screwed by a monopoly/oligopoly.

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