Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down13
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·5 months agoOptical drives next I guess lol What’s even going on anymore
minus-squareArfArfWoof@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·5 months agoI read news of SATA SSDs spiking in price just a few hours ago. Gonna go to sleep now, expecting a spike in floppy disk prices when I wake up and punch cards tomorrow evening.
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoDidn’t Samsung say that they weren’t making consumer Sata ssds anymore? Jfc we really are going to the whole “you own nothing”.
minus-squarevacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoUnless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually. HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoEnshittification, but on a massive scale.
Optical drives next I guess lol
What’s even going on anymore
I read news of SATA SSDs spiking in price just a few hours ago. Gonna go to sleep now, expecting a spike in floppy disk prices when I wake up and punch cards tomorrow evening.
Didn’t Samsung say that they weren’t making consumer Sata ssds anymore? Jfc we really are going to the whole “you own nothing”.
Unless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually.
HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make.
Enshittification, but on a massive scale.