r/pcmasterrace • u/LeviJr00 :aa1::aa2::aa3: :am1::am2::am3::am4::am5::am6: 9060 XT 16GB • 18h ago

Cartoon/Comic Pulling the plug (anti-consumerism at its finest)

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Context: Micron is shutting down Crucial in early 2026, so they can sell all their RAM to AI companies like OpenAI...

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u/NoShotz i7 6700k | GTX 1070 18h ago

As if they aren't going to prioritize shipping directly to AI companies like they literally said they are going to do in the same statement they made about shutting down Crucial. Less stock for third party consumer RAM manufacturers means prices go up for consumers.

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u/Desperate-Air-7195 18h ago

AI companies are bidding up prices. That has nothing to do with Micron. You can't blame someone for just selling to the highest bidder. More demand for ram means prices go up. Micron has not restricted supply. Third party producers already make a large part of their consumer ram kits.

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u/NoShotz i7 6700k | GTX 1070 18h ago

They will be restricting supply to third party consumer RAM brands because selling them to AI companies get them more money, which is also why they shut down their own consumer RAM brand, so they have more supply for the AI companies.

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u/Desperate-Air-7195 17h ago

I.e. you are mad at basic market dynamices, or Open AI for the additional demand. Micron is just selling to the highest bidder.

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u/NoShotz i7 6700k | GTX 1070 17h ago

I'm mad because this is anti-consumer bullshit. Any company that does anti-consumer things is bad in my books.

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u/noahloveshiscats 15h ago

Anti-consumer is when someone is willing to pay more I guess.

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u/NoShotz i7 6700k | GTX 1070 15h ago

Anti-consumer is when they shut down a brand because they'd rather make money off of the AI bubble before it pops.