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SSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous output (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

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 points 8 months ago

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