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Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? No if we're in a working free mar
by aurareturn 10mo ago
Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services?
No if we're in a working free market. Companies will see the rising prices and start making more of those things, bringing prices back down.
- JustFinishedBSG 10mo agoHow, when foundries are a natural monopoly? How can you realistically create a startup to build a multibillion / multi year fab ?
- immibis 10mo agoSame way you can create a startup to build a multibillion dollar data center presumably.
- grim_io 10mo agoI don't think that laying bricks and operating a crane is on the same level(or universe) of complexity as making and operating high-end semiconductor machines.
- aurareturn 10mo agoThere are 3 foundries capable: Samsung, Intel, and TSMC. Companies can contract out some to Samsung and Intel. TSMC can (and is) build more fabs.
- oliwary 10mo agoIdeally. Companies may also be hesitant to invest in expanding production capacity if they assume this is a bubble though.
- zozbot234 10mo agoCompanies are always slow to expand production capacity. It takes time to react to unforeseen shifts in the market - but once it does happen, the scale can be quite huge.
- MSFT_Edging 10mo ago(Who's gonna tell him)
- rfrey 10mo agoTell him what? Why don't you start?
- MSFT_Edging 10mo agoThe free market as described is imaginary. Large companies due to their size hold a lot of power, and can use a mix of regulatory capture and monopolies to make better ideas financially infeasible to bring to light.