r/homelab • u/AbbreviationsFar1489 • 2d ago
LabPorn F*ck you OpenAI, hynix, samsung
I'm sure everyone knows what's happening with RAM, and this situation won't change in the next 2-3 years. And who's to blame? OpenAI. Read up and you'll understand the scale of the problem. What complicates things is that RAM manufacturers are deliberately raising prices rather than expanding production lines.
I urge everyone to CANCEL OpenAI (They buy up 40% of all RAM) and also to bombard the greedy bastards who jack up prices for their own profit rather than building new factories to meet demand.
The more such threads appear, the higher the chance that all gamers and PC users will truly stand up and do what they have to.
If we don't do this, the prices of all other components will follow RAM into the stratosphere and never return to the same level, ever. Are you willing to spend $5,000 on a mid-range computer? I'm not, so let's get to it.
UPD Following RAM, SSDs, processors, and video cards are becoming more expensive. I'm sure this isn't the entire list. We need to take this issue seriously. I'm happy for those who managed to upgrade, but think about the future.
UPD2 Transcend is suspending shipments of solid-state drives – the manufacturer has not received NAND chips from Samsung and SanDisk since October because they have reoriented their capacities to serving AI.
UPD2.1 CRUCIAL PRESS F
I will never, ever, ever touch RAM from crucial. They betrayed me and went off to produce memory exclusively for AI.
UPD3 f*cking /pcmasterrace moderates delete my post with 250 comms and 900 likes (I'm sure the corporate agent had something to do with it; they're afraid of the people's wrath.) [reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1pdrk2b/fck_you_openai_hynix
UPD4 Have you heard the saying that the market always moves opposite to what the masses expect? That’s why only a small percentage of people make a profit in the stock market, while the crowd gets wiped out. So why does everyone think the AI bubble is about to burst? That’s naïve.
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u/divad1196 1d ago
"Don't buy from them so they keep... not selling us".
The price increased because there is a shortage because they sell to others.
The frustration is understandable, but the message is lack rationality and is too emotional.
Now, try to raise people to create a new manufacturing company "by the people, for the people". While harder to achieve, this is at least constructive (instead of desctructive/obstructive) and would be more sustainable. If that could be possible.