@DannyMac to [email protected]English • 10 months agoSSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous outputwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up164arrow-down12
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkSSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous outputwww.pcgamer.com@DannyMac to [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square4
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-210 months agoIt blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassivelinkfedilink17•10 months agoThe old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoIf a single company can unilaterally dictate the price of a thing simply because they control a big enough piece of the market… yeah. That’s a monopoly.
It blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.
The old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?
If a single company can unilaterally dictate the price of a thing simply because they control a big enough piece of the market… yeah. That’s a monopoly.