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Demand for electronics being up is directly correlated to lockdowns. PCs had been a declining sector for years before covid lockdowns.
by 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 agoDemand for cars is way up, too, which isn’t expected in lockdown conditions.
- switch007 5y agoReally? 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 agoPlus, 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 agoSure 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 agoDemand for GPUs at least is probably just as much if not more due to the crypto bull run that took place.