| ▲ | embedding-shape 2 days ago | |||||||
"High demand" is not a concrete issue and blaming the purchasers seems so misdirected I'm almost convinced that argument originated from sockpuppets or something. If the fries factory runs out of fries, would we blame consumers for buying too much, or the factory for not catching up with demand? Why sell stuff if it's not meant to be bought? | ||||||||
| ▲ | Dylan16807 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
If an industrial plant figures out a new way to turn fries into fuel and starts buying all the fries in the country at any price up to $50 a pound, I do blame them for the resulting price spike. This is not consumer demand. I don't much blame the factory that's already running 24/7 for failing to catch up in the short term. I'm not going to insist they do the impossible, or that they should have forseen a demand spike that caught us all by surprise. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | mastermage 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
See the problem is they bought fries, that haven't been produced yet, with money that doesn't exist. For end users that do not want fries. | ||||||||
| ▲ | dv_dt 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
The large ai companies bought advance purchases of memory while the actual buildouts are massively lagging and will probably never materialize at even 70% of planned capacity for years. They are financed and motivated to create their own tulip craze disconnected with actual need | ||||||||
| ▲ | intended 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
What the heck? High demand and a long lead time product - you can’t spin up fabs overnight to adapt to demand. This creates a period where the people with the largest amount of capital can out compete other buyers in the market. This is the situation at play right now. Your model is too simple. | ||||||||
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