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  • Nvidia and Micron are making emotional appeals to consumers while PC users express frustration with big AI companies’ practices and self-serving motives.
  • Memory vendors predict DRAM and SSD shortages lasting until mid-2027, while new tariffs on advanced computing chips and potential Steam Machine pricing over $1,000 add to consumer concerns.
  • The article highlights how corporations use emotional messaging to mask financial interests, advising consumers to remain skeptical of such appeals.
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[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Here's an idea: a catalogue of companies who pulled this shit during the bubble, so we know who not to buy from when it bursts.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Nothing like a call for empathy from the morally bankrupt.

[–] Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I still have one PC with a broken motherboard that I need to fix. I wonder when will I be able to do that.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

motherboard prices haven't inflated too much yet. gaming/consumer motherboards aren't in demand from the AI industry. the want server hardware

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