DannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous outputwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkSSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous outputwww.pcgamer.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoIt blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoThe old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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.