sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoLenovo Warns High Memory Prices Are The "New Normal" Through 2030, As Hardware Prices May Never Return To Early 2025 Levelswccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down13
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minus-squarethe_mighty_kracken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoWhy aren’t we seeing more factories being built if it is in such high demand? It seems to me like this is an opportunity to print money.
minus-squaretowamo7603@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoBecause supply is controlled by natural monopolies or cartels that collude with governments to place prohibitively expensive barriers to entry for new competitors. You know. “Free markets”.
minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoMemory makers are afraid the demand won’t last long, and then they’ll be stuck with a bunch of extra factories. They’d rather chill with high margins. Maybe Lenovo thinks the demand will last long term, but they don’t make their own RAM so it’s not their choice. Also 2030 is pretty short term, it takes years for a new factory to come online.
Why aren’t we seeing more factories being built if it is in such high demand? It seems to me like this is an opportunity to print money.
Because supply is controlled by natural monopolies or cartels that collude with governments to place prohibitively expensive barriers to entry for new competitors. You know. “Free markets”.
Memory makers are afraid the demand won’t last long, and then they’ll be stuck with a bunch of extra factories. They’d rather chill with high margins.
Maybe Lenovo thinks the demand will last long term, but they don’t make their own RAM so it’s not their choice.
Also 2030 is pretty short term, it takes years for a new factory to come online.