This is also caused by the FREE market - consolidation, all markets tend to consolidate around a few companies due to economy of scale.

The fix is regulation - we are going to have NOT-FREE-MARKET electricity, NOT-FREE-MARKET water supply, .... for vital services.

I'm not talking about you, it's funny to see anti-regulation HN complain about a FREE MARKET working as such. Suddenly it's not so fun where you are at the losing end of the free market when it turns out some are willing to pay way more for RAM than you are.

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carlosjobim 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Everybody needs electricity and water, but nobody needs more RAM except for companies. And they can pay for it.

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paunchy an hour ago | parent | next [-]

You can travel to the ends of the earth, to a village down miles and miles of dirt roads and still see someone bent over their phone. People buy RAM.

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Iolaum 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hello!? Us consumers need it too.

	▲	doubled112 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Really depends how you're defining "need". Will you die without it? Will your life as you know it end if your next phone has 8GB instead of 12GB?
	▲	carlosjobim an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You need 8GB at the very most, which isn't out of reach for any consumer. If you need more, then you are a professional and can afford more. Or you are a hobbyist, and your hobby doesn't deserve any subsidies from the hard working tax payer.