Not OpenAI’s fault that the cost of a shipping container doubled.

I collect fountain pens which have nothing to do with the data center market and the big 3 Japanese makers announced pretty substantial price hikes.

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suddenexample 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean, sure shipping is more expensive but that’s definitely not the cause of Apple’s price increases.

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quentindanjou 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The cause is the whole thing, cost of shipping (container, gas, etc), cost of components (RAM, SSD, etc), cost of tariff, cost of lobbying and lawsuits, and overall inflation cost.

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KerrAvon 8 hours ago | parent [-]

No. It's literally RAM.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-r...

	▲	balls187 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And AI is the reason why developers are being laid off. Don't trust a fox to count your chickens.
	▲	quentindanjou 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They would never say it is about the other reasons because of politics. Also RAM is impacting other components such as SSD