If that sounds a lot like a cartel, well, you wouldn't be the first person to point that out
  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Just so people understand this story properly:

    Kotaku, a ‘game journalism’ website… is writing an Op-Ed, based on the actual original reporting of a Youtuber.

    Gaming Journalism, everyone!

    Why the fuck isn’t Kotaku maybe the ones doing actual investigative journalism?

    Because they’re all fucking hacks!

    They are a fucking tabloid and undisclosed advertisment machine.

    God fucking damnit.

  • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Imagine how much good will and long-term profit any given manufacturer could generate right now just by creating consumer-facing parts at a reasonable price and refusing to cater their supply lines to datacenters. The right move now could buy loyalty for decades. People remember.

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      4 months ago

      Imagine how much good will and long-term profit

      They’d generate loads of good will, which would be forgotten in an instant as soon as a something better or cheaper came along. Consumers are fickle.

    • Smaile@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      A lot also don’t, the low common denominator don’t care about anything other then their consumer habits or if it affects them in the here and now.

    • PlzGibHugs@piefed.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      From my understanding, Valve would need to be hundreds of times more wealthy to be able to even consider manufacturing their own DRAM.

      Edit: notably, this article seems to suggest that after significant government investmemt and with an already well-established knowledge and IP base, a fab costs around $15 billion dollars and optimisticly, a decade of construction. Given that Valve is starting from scratch, the price will be much higher. Chinese companies, backed by the Chinese government and using significant amounts of corporate espionage, have been trying to achive this for about 20 years, and are only just starting to catch up, nonetheless one (relatively) small software company.