this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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I mean, yes. It sucks for sure, and is absolutely wrecking the consumer market... But it's not like we can magically change it. Scarcity drives up prices, that has always been the case, and on top of that we have tariffs impacting a lot of these items too.
All I can do is hope these AI companies fail as hard as they seem to be set up to fail.