SSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous output

https://www.pcgamer.com/ssds-are-getting-more-expensive-again-because-the-biggest-nand-supplier-has-throttled-production-to-half-its-previous-output/

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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 24 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.

agressivelyPassive@feddit.de · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y

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.

UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev · 15 pts · 2y

A tale as old as time, one day it will be dirt cheap again