cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoRAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026www.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down13
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minus-squaregarbage_world@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·24 hours agoWe don’t know, but we have another explanation: consumers went to buy from all three memory manufacturers at once, offering the same, high price.
minus-squareals@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·24 hours agoThe problem lies in 3 companies owning a monopoly on dram production and all conspiring together to make things shit for everyone who isn’t them
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·18 hours ago3 companies can’t all have a monopoly on the same thing lol
minus-squareals@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoIf they’re running a price-fixing scheme they sure can
minus-squaregarbage_world@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·24 hours agoThe problem is the fact demand is higher than supply, which memory manufacturers are trying to solve. If they’re competing with each other, which they are, it’s not a monopoly.
We don’t know, but we have another explanation: consumers went to buy from all three memory manufacturers at once, offering the same, high price.
The problem lies in 3 companies owning a monopoly on dram production and all conspiring together to make things shit for everyone who isn’t them
3 companies can’t all have a monopoly on the same thing lol
If they’re running a price-fixing scheme they sure can
The problem is the fact demand is higher than supply, which memory manufacturers are trying to solve.
If they’re competing with each other, which they are, it’s not a monopoly.