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Plz… just make tech cheap again 😭😭😭
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Anonymous 1d

Wym I love paying the price of a PlayStation 5 for 32gb of ram

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Anonymous 1d

You should look into solarpunk philosophy around technology…

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Anonymous 1d

Never gonna happen now that they know we'll pay for it

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

Compared to the AI market, the consumer market is a joke right now. They could sell it for pennies and they would still be making unfathomable amounts of money as a result of data centers buying up all the RAM. Thank you Micron.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

Not true. Solarpunk's whole point is that tech doesn't have to come from them. A used ThinkPad with Linux beats most new budget laptops for ~$100. Used GPUs, Raspberry Pis, self-hosting, right-to-repair, repair cafes, open hardware: every device we keep alive is one less sale. Their model runs on planned obsolescence and subscriptions. Fix it, flash it, share it. DIY is their kryptonite.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

They could sell RAM to consumers for pennies*

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

True, Micron is cashing in right now. But who's paying them? AI labs burning billions, propped up by circular deals where Nvidia invests in OpenAI so OpenAI can buy Nvidia chips. Memory has always been boom-bust, and this boom runs on money that isn't profitable yet. When it corrects, data centers dump hardware and RAM floods the market. Meanwhile open-weight models already run on local GPUs. Self-hosted AI is the antidote.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19h

Lim incredibly ignorant on the future of the AI industry to be clear, but at this point it’s hard to hope that the AI bubble is gonna burst.

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