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Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI
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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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How has this whole saga not been an obvious indictment of 'the free market?'
Big players shouldn't be allowed to gobble up all the resources needed by small ones. How is it not obvious that they need to wait until production increases to meet their needs before embarking on their little project?
No this is exactly what the free market is. Regulations that make things fairer for small people is communism.
Then give me communism bc this free market shiz aint it. Giving us the scraps that AI doesn't want is just nuts if we get anything at all. Esp since no one beyond billionaires want this ai crap
It's like a dozen people gaming ever one else for the rest of the chairs on the Titanic.
They want to buy the dip