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The RAM/SSD price spikes are not shrinkflation, but the article gives examples of shrinkflation happening due to it: * Google's upcoming folding phone is going

• flutas 5mo ago
  All of those could also be classified as "they learned consumers didn't need that much."
  • ssl-3 5mo ago
    I see. So when the tub of ice cream decreases in size from 64 ounces to 60, 56, 52, and finally 48 ounces while the price stays the same (or even goes up), then: That's not necessarily shrinkflation; that might instead be a result of having learned that consumers didn't need so much ice cream.
    • bell-cot 5mo ago
      There's nothing "finally" about 48 oz. Some brands are edging smaller. What I've noticed is 32oz. cartons gaining prominence in grocery stores, while the 48's seem to be slowly getting phased out.
      • ssl-3 5mo ago
        We used to have quarts of ice cream available. It worked. I just want to buy it in half-gallon sizes again. I don't care if it costs more :)
        • bell-cot 5mo ago
          > I just want to buy ... Find a locally owned ice cream parlor, and asked for a hand-packed half gallon.
          • ssl-3 5mo ago
            It is true that their packages don't shrink. There's one in a nearby city that I'm very familiar with. But at those kinds of quantities, their prices are 50% more than the higher-end store brand at the store that's near my house. The hand-packed treatment then literally doubles that price. We're now at 300% cost and we haven't factored travel expense yet. Besides, if I kept their ice cream at home, then I think that would tend to lessen my enjoyment of sitting down and enjoying a proper sundae at their shop -- and that's not something I wish to ever diminish in any way. :)
          • Marsymars 5mo ago
            > Find a locally owned ice cream parlor, and asked for a hand-packed half gallon. I could be wrong, but I'd bet that my local ice cream parlours would decline that request - unless you can show that you're e.g. a restaurant and can commit to a certain order frequency, they're just going to tell you to buy as many 19oz "pints" as you need for $40/4. (A discount over $12/each.)
            • ssl-3 5mo ago
              Man. The old-school ice cream place I grew up with is happy to sell bulk ice cream, in any quantity, in single-unit volumes ranging from a pint to up to 3 gallons. (The prices for this are on the website, and also on the wall behind the counter in the shop, though I'm sure that negotiation is possible for particularly large orders.) They're even happy to package it with dry ice and ship it internationally. They've offered this service for as long as I've been aware of the world around me (several decades, so far). They make the ice cream in-house just as they have always done, and they offer these services to anybody. And while this ice cream place that I'm familiar with certainly does charge plenty, I've got to ask: What's wrong with your own ice cream place, my dude?
              • bell-cot 5mo ago
                Similar here, though they are too small-scale to make their own ice cream. Upside, they stock very good quality ice cream. And their prices are about the lowest in town.
  • adrian_b 5mo ago
    If this were true, they could have learned it at any time before now. When the changes are done precisely during a time of huge increases in the prices of all kinds of memory devices, it is hard to believe that this is a random coincidence.
    • flutas 5mo ago
      Or (for some of them) they could have previously been chasing the stupid spec numbers for advertising and realized they can save money if they just stop doing that. See Apple as an example, who really doesn't care about telling you the newest phone has 12GB of ram. It's literally not even mentioned on the tech specs page.
  • gib444 5mo ago
    I'm really appreciative of how much spin I learn on this site, should I ever want a career in PR or marketing