Are you worried about the future of home computers?

[Lynx122]

There's only 3 suppliers of RAM in the world and 2 of them are in South Korea. The only one in the U. S. just announced they will no longer make ram for consumers only for AI companies. And Open AI has secure a significant portion of the RAM from the other two companies for the future. So this means home computers will likely rise in cost significantly. Right now there hasn't been an effect yet because most of the companies secure their supply for a quarter or a half a year in advance. But in Summer 2026 or the second half of 2026 you might start to see the effects.

This guy even suggested that in the future they'll make you subscribe to a service to have memory on your computer. And that is a crazy idea.
I just bought a new desktop and laptop so I should be set for at least 7 years but it's still a concerning development.

Maybe the price rises will let other companies jump into the gap so that is always a possibility.

[OlderAndWiser]

Sounds like this will open the market for competition.

[Lynx122]

We'll see.

[MisterWack]

They’ll just buy them out or do shady back deals to silence those startups like usual.
Same game, different day.

[DryGermanGuy]

Honestly, for me „home computers“ was the era of C-64, Atari and Amiga computers.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the Capitalist Hellscape where major corporations want you to think 3 options are freewill and that they have your best interests at heart until they end up publicly traded on by investors.

This is the kinds of things that happen when a system goes unregulated too long with a Supreme Court that is supposed to not be influenced politically, saying ridiculous notions like Corporations Are People!!! Allowing SuperPACs to be influencing our campaigns since 2012.

[exitseven]

There will ne new chip companies that will soon be built in the US. we can get the RAM chips domestically.

[Anonymous]

You're right, that's crazy idea.

They can do much better things regarding the computers.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone worry about that?

[Lynx122]

Lol I'm just interested in how the world works, economics and how things are tied together. You don't have to worry about it.

[NathanDavis]

I'm not a gamer so... no, not really