It’s killing everything that relies on having a computer inside or in-use. Say goodbye to ‘smart’ products, expanding any kind of business, cars, etc. Everything relies on some kind of DRAM these days.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Say goodbye to ‘smart’ products
Silver linings?
Nah. The vendors will kill their ecosystems earlier and all the established internet-of-trash will be e-waste quicker. We're still using a portal-TV unit and loving it, for example, but so many other products brought out during the sudden rush will be killed while still on umbilical .
DRAM pricing is killing every single market. That's what happens when we have a fully digitized, centralized market.
at this rate, im not going to be able to run doom on my new coffee maker
The Small Block Chevy market just can't survive this.
Yeah, the timing supply chain might get stretched.
Glad it doesn’t have a timing belt. I heard those get expensive around 100-120 klicks.
The thing that these complaints about RPi pricing always seems to miss is that most Pi models are still manufactured and supported. Most projects don't need a Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM, even a Pi Zero 2 (under $20) is overkill for a lot of projects.
Yeah I see a lot of projects where people are trying to use Pi's for things better served by an x86 box with a low power CPU or similar.
lucky for me I have a pile of SBCs from uncompleted projects. and no, do not climb in my window looking for them