(Of course they also wholeheartedly embrace other factors pushing in the same direction, such as crypto.) The effects on consumer expectations and ideas of reasonable pricing are very different in a market where flagship, ultra-premium products are $700 than one where those products are $2000. And this is precisely what the corporations want - that over time, price increases outstrip inflation sufficiently to increase their margins, but sufficiently slowly that people fail to really notice that they're suddenly paying twice as much for the same product category as ten years ago. The problem with that is that over time, this shifts the window of what is considered sensible pricing and overall value. "Well, what's the harm in also providing products to people with more money than sense?" you (and many others) would probably ask. You're not entirely wrong, but the problem with this as a counterargument to the post you quoted is that it fails to address the ever-shifting prices of GPUs, the constant creep towards unaffordability and "premium"ness that we've seen for a decade now.
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And, to be clear, all notable effects from a change like this are negative towards mainstream users - less affordability/less value for cheaper products an increased price floor for entry level products increased fetishization of premium products (which has always been a massive issue in the PC hardware scene, but is only getting worse), and increased social pressure to over-spend in order to keep up. Click to expand.You're not entirely wrong, but the problem with this as a counterargument to the post you quoted is that it fails to address the ever-shifting prices of GPUs, the constant creep towards unaffordability and "premium"ness that we've seen for a decade now.
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