• Nvidia and Micron are making emotional appeals to consumers while PC users express frustration with big AI companies’ practices and self-serving motives.
  • Memory vendors predict DRAM and SSD shortages lasting until mid-2027, while new tariffs on advanced computing chips and potential Steam Machine pricing over $1,000 add to consumer concerns.
  • The article highlights how corporations use emotional messaging to mask financial interests, advising consumers to remain skeptical of such appeals.
  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Forget ram. Wait until there’s widespread power outages yet you’re somehow paying 10x for your electricity bill because of the new data center down the street.

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      7 days ago

      this is actually happening

      my elecric company just raised its rates 13% and forcast rasing 25% next year after

      we have a power making dam in town

      historically we have had some of the cheapest power in the USA