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this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2026
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Buying used is per se not a bad idea, but the high RAM prices also mean more scammers, as it is now very profitable to scam people with fake RAM. And people need tech, so not a really an option to stop buying completely.
And I doubt prices would go down if consumers would stop buying or buying less RAM. The prices are high because the tech corporations are willing to buy RAM at basically any cost. Consumers are just a drop in the ocean at this point.
If tech is going to be usurped entirely, then reject it. I've started doing everything I can by mail and physical presence. Don't buy the hype that you NEED tech. If your friends won't let you change how you get in touch with them, then they're not that good of friends and you don't really need them.
If all of my stacked 15 year old computers here stop being able to access Lemmy? Oh well. It's been fun.
This is a war. They are winning because we are willing to have a point where we say, "Well, this is the limit... I have to capitulate now." They rub their hands together gleefully waiting for you to cave.
Don't. Be stubborn. Because if we don't it's already over. Legislators and underfunded foundations are not going to save us.
Yeah I'd rather no computer or no internet at all than to accept the cloud. I'll find other hobbies and entertainment.
They don't care about hobbyists. They don't need the tech.
But business users do.
So it creates a world where normal people no longer use tech, and the vast majority of tech is used by businesses for productivity purposes in the office while everyone else makes due with real life?
Like in the 90s?
Sounds like paradise to me. Starve out these cash-grab. psychologically manipulative disposable code subscription services.