sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLenovo Warns PC RAM Prices Will "Never" Go Back to Normalwww.thegamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down111
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkLenovo Warns PC RAM Prices Will "Never" Go Back to Normalwww.thegamer.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoIt’s obviously to Lenovo’s benefit to have people believe that RAM prices will not drop, so that they will not wait out the current price surge. The price will drop if supply exceeds demand, and if competition increases.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoSupply demand economics was a great concept in grade 8, but in the real world, price fixing and monopolies rule unchecked.
minus-squarecardfire@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoImagine if all of us cared about the regulatory capture rampant in the baby formula industry they gave us that US baby formula crisis at the start of the decade, as much as we care about our computer memory.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoMyth vs reality type thing. A charitable thing to say is that its an incomplete theory. There are political interests to keep it that way.
It’s obviously to Lenovo’s benefit to have people believe that RAM prices will not drop, so that they will not wait out the current price surge.
The price will drop if supply exceeds demand, and if competition increases.
Supply demand economics was a great concept in grade 8, but in the real world, price fixing and monopolies rule unchecked.
Imagine if all of us cared about the regulatory capture rampant in the baby formula industry they gave us that US baby formula crisis at the start of the decade, as much as we care about our computer memory.
Myth vs reality type thing. A charitable thing to say is that its an incomplete theory. There are political interests to keep it that way.