Comment by Marha01
21 hours ago
> Ah yes, the famous "trickle down" theory
While trickle down theory is dubious when it comes to economics, it's clear that it is valid when it comes to technology. Tech trickles down.
21 hours ago
> Ah yes, the famous "trickle down" theory
While trickle down theory is dubious when it comes to economics, it's clear that it is valid when it comes to technology. Tech trickles down.
Ah yes, like my RAM, SSDs, and GPUs are trickling down right now? You're absolutely right! I love a trickle of PC parts!
This is a temporary anomaly due to the datacenter buildout, which will not last forever. Historically, tech has always trickled down. Sooner or later, hardware will again become cheap.
"Temporary" is a few months. We're looking at many multiple years before parts even _begin_ to decline in price, if even. How much will we as consumers lose in the time it takes for this to correct? This is not "temporary", this is a decimation of an entire product sector for the foreseeable future. There is no historical precedent for this. Companies are not and will not slow down gobbling up literally every tech part they can. Every year, training and running AI will demand more resources over and over and we will continue to be charged increasing amounts for everything because everything costs more either directly or upstream of us. It is a literal cancer.
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