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[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Goodbye cheap PC components that people can easily afford, how I'll miss you.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 minutes ago

In the 90s, a decent desktop cost the equivalent of $7600 today. We would lock computer cases because people would steal RAM DIMMS. This weekend, I was at an electronics recycling depot and people were being shooed away for trying to scavenge RAM.

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Second hand market: "I am a joke to you?"

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

like they aren't being gobbled up either.