Memory makers did get themselves into this situation by selling all wafers for empty promises and alienating everyone but OpenAI tbh. I do hope they end up holding the bag once again, cause after covid and the cartel thing they don't seem to ever learn their lesson on how to have the tiniest amount of integrity.

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AnthonyMouse 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Memory makers did get themselves into this situation by selling all wafers for empty promises and alienating everyone but OpenAI tbh.

Wasn't the problem here that OpenAI was negotiating with Samsung and SK Hynix at the same time without the other one knowing about it? People only realized the implications when they announced both deals at once.

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gck1 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

While we're giving away bags, I'd like HDD manufacturers to get some too.

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zeristor 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That wouldn’t help if another one goes bankrupt that’ll only make things worse.

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moffkalast 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds like they're too big to fail, maybe we should bail them out to reinforce that they will get rewarded for making bad decisions.

	▲	atq2119 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Permanent public ownership of (very large stakes in) these companies doesn't seem like such a bad idea anymore, does it? It's what we used to have for most of the 20th century at least in Europe.