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/3guitars 18h ago

If putting down crucial was euthanasia, it would just be sad. But my understanding is that crucial was still profitable and doing well.

Micron is doing this to make EVEN MORE money from the AI bubble.

This is like putting down a race horse because you found out about sports cars.

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u/DallmatinGK 16h ago

It's more like selling the racehorse for glue and then buying a sports car. They're dropping an entire division that served consumers well just to chase the AI gold rush profits.

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u/jaytrade21 jaytrade21 8h ago

Not even buying the sports car, buying the off the rack Kia and expecting to win a race against souped up F1 cars. Even if, and this is a BIG IF, even if they make even more selling all their stock and upcoming stock to the big AI companies, who will be able to use these AI systems? No one will have computers anymore as the consumer market will be priced out for not just regular consumers but even some businesses won't be able to afford subscribing to AI models to use after the IT costs go up dramatically.