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Blaming lockdowns isn’t the full story. Demand for electronics is way, way up. Everything from people being bored at home to extra stimulus dollars has put extr

Blaming lockdowns isn’t the full story. Demand for electronics is way, way up. Everything from people being bored at home to extra stimulus dollars has put extra demand on everything electronic. The effect is amplified as companies are panic-buying every part they might possibly need for the next few years.

newbamboo 5y ago
- inflation
bgorman 5y ago
Demand for electronics being up is directly correlated to lockdowns. PCs had been a declining sector for years before covid lockdowns.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  Demand for cars is way up, too, which isn’t expected in lockdown conditions.
  - switch007 5y ago
    Really? With governments saying avoid public transport and encouraging people to work remotely which caused a huge number of people to move to the countryside where public transport is largely non existent therefore requiring cars.
    - dagw 5y ago
      Plus, with airplanes and international travel being off limits, the number of people going on road trips for their vacations has no doubt greatly increased.
  - birdyrooster 5y ago
    Sure it is, you couldn’t (or still can’t) safely carpool or take public transit so you need a personal vehicle. Simultaneously people are ordering record amounts of food delivery causing a surge in car based employment greater than was seen with Uber and Lyft of yore.
  - newbamboo 5y ago
    - inflation
- tcoff91 5y ago
  Demand for GPUs at least is probably just as much if not more due to the crypto bull run that took place.
tailspin2019 5y ago
> Demand for electronics is way, way up. Everything from people being bored at home to extra stimulus dollars has put extra demand on everything electronic. Yep this is a really good point, and not so widely understood. A compounding effect of increased demand and extremely limited supply...
r00fus 5y ago
> The effect is amplified as companies are panic-buying every part they might possibly need for the next few years. I wonder how much commodities speculation are screwing up the availability...

newbamboo 5y ago

- inflation

bgorman 5y ago

Demand for electronics being up is directly correlated to lockdowns. PCs had been a declining sector for years before covid lockdowns.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Demand for cars is way up, too, which isn’t expected in lockdown conditions.
- switch007 5y ago
  Really? With governments saying avoid public transport and encouraging people to work remotely which caused a huge number of people to move to the countryside where public transport is largely non existent therefore requiring cars.
  - dagw 5y ago
    Plus, with airplanes and international travel being off limits, the number of people going on road trips for their vacations has no doubt greatly increased.
- birdyrooster 5y ago
  Sure it is, you couldn’t (or still can’t) safely carpool or take public transit so you need a personal vehicle. Simultaneously people are ordering record amounts of food delivery causing a surge in car based employment greater than was seen with Uber and Lyft of yore.
- newbamboo 5y ago
  - inflation
tcoff91 5y ago
Demand for GPUs at least is probably just as much if not more due to the crypto bull run that took place.

tailspin2019 5y ago

> Demand for electronics is way, way up. Everything from people being bored at home to extra stimulus dollars has put extra demand on everything electronic. Yep this is a really good point, and not so widely understood. A compounding effect of increased demand and extremely limited supply...

r00fus 5y ago

> The effect is amplified as companies are panic-buying every part they might possibly need for the next few years. I wonder how much commodities speculation are screwing up the availability...