Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60 percent, blaming memory shortage
33 points
1/21/1970
a day ago
by speckx
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tw04
a day ago
gruez
>Pardon my skepticism that amazon is facing the same shortage that billy trying to build his first pc is facing…
They're not asking for your pity. They're just stating the market conditions that led them to raise prices.
a day ago
darthoctopus
market conditions _that they participated in causing_.
a day ago
porridgeraisin
Do they claim the opposite?
16 hours ago
grackasthebig
Can discourse not bring this up?
7 hours ago
nielsbot
I guess this could be the new greedflation for 2026 (and beyond).
a day ago
wolvoleo
True because those kindles don't even have a lot of memory or storage.
a day ago
We’re talking about the memory shortage that exists for all of us because AMAZON and all the other hyperscalers locked it down with long term commitments for huge purchases?
Pardon my skepticism that amazon is facing the same shortage that billy trying to build his first pc is facing…