Seems like the component shortages thanks to AI may have finally hit Valve as in the US, Canada and Asia all models of Steam Deck are completely out of stock.
Because hyperscalers can buy multiple orders of magnitude more of anything consumers can buy collectively. And they won’t complain, and if their shit breaks they’ll just buy 100,000 pallets-worth more. Consumers have reviews, thoughts, drama and will never have the margins hyperscalers can have.
Thank anti-antitrust, Wall St for this. I’m genuinely depressed at the state of personal computing, I see a future of thin clients and renting compute as a genuinely possible future.
Because hyperscalers can buy multiple orders of magnitude more of anything consumers can buy collectively. And they won’t complain, and if their shit breaks they’ll just buy 100,000 pallets-worth more. Consumers have reviews, thoughts, drama and will never have the margins hyperscalers can have.
Thank anti-antitrust, Wall St for this. I’m genuinely depressed at the state of personal computing, I see a future of thin clients and renting compute as a genuinely possible future.