ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhen the AI bubble bursts..message-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up174file-text
arrow-up174message-squareWhen the AI bubble bursts..ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
… is the ram used in data centers even compatible with desktop PC. I hear a lot “cheap ram when bubble bursts”
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 months agoWhy would companies lower their prices after consumers have been forced to get used to them?
minus-squarewitten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIn order to maximize revenue. Selling 1,000 units at $50 profit apiece makes you more money than selling 400 units at $100 profit each.
minus-squaretheparadox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoBut if you fire half your staff while only making 400 units…
minus-squarewitten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNow you’re thinking like a capitalist!
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSure, but what if you guranteed your customers through loosely organized collusion and endless consolidation/buyouts that there is no other practical place to buy ram?
minus-squarewitten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat works during a bubble. What happens though after the bubble when demand presumably plummets?
Why would companies lower their prices after consumers have been forced to get used to them?
In order to maximize revenue. Selling 1,000 units at $50 profit apiece makes you more money than selling 400 units at $100 profit each.
But if you fire half your staff while only making 400 units…
Now you’re thinking like a capitalist!
Sure, but what if you guranteed your customers through loosely organized collusion and endless consolidation/buyouts that there is no other practical place to buy ram?
That works during a bubble. What happens though after the bubble when demand presumably plummets?