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AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

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Re: AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

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Post by Traubenfuchs »

mikasisiki wrote: post #27
xvxvx wrote: post #12

- GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising - hard drive prices rising Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? ‘You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription’ ‘You don’t need processing power, stream your games through our subscription service.’ Game publishers have already publicly floated the idea of not selling their games…

It’s possible. Either way, many people literally sleep in a monthly subscription model — rent.

You still have to pay for utilities and taxes: No way to escape that unless you live in the wilderness.

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Post by JustFinishedBSG »

aurareturn wrote: post #23
xvxvx wrote: post #12

- GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising - hard drive prices rising Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? ‘You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription’ ‘You don’t need processing power, stream your games through our subscription service.’ Game publishers have already publicly floated the idea of not selling their games…

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.

How, when foundries are a natural monopoly? How can you realistically create a startup to build a multibillion / multi year fab ?

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Post by adamtulinius »

haritha-j wrote: post #31
xvxvx wrote: post #12

- GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising - hard drive prices rising Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? ‘You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription’ ‘You don’t need processing power, stream your games through our subscription service.’ Game publishers have already publicly floated the idea of not selling their games…

From a resource allocation perspective, this doesn't feel particularly undesirable, at least in terms of certain assets like vehicles. The current system of ownership is quite wasteful. I own a high end GPU that I use maybe 4 hours a week for gaming.

Can we please not kid ourselves with thoughts about how this being good from certain perspectives, when the development is _clearly_ bad for consumers?

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Post by immibis »

xvxvx wrote: post #12

- GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising - hard drive prices rising Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? ‘You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription’ ‘You don’t need processing power, stream your games through our subscription service.’ Game publishers have already publicly floated the idea of not selling their games…

It's just hoarding like at the start of COVID. How much does toilet paper cost right now, and do stores have it?

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Post by Ygg2 »

tbrownaw wrote: post #25

Headline: hopes you weren't paying attention Body: The change had been telegraphed: AWS's pricing page noted (and bizarrely, still does) that "current prices are scheduled to be updated in January, 2026," though the company neglected to mention which direction. These do not seem entirely consistent? . > This comes about seven months after AWS trumpeted "up to 45% price reductions" for GPU instances - though that anno…

> These do not seem entirely consistent?

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Post by ezst »

XorNot wrote: post #38
haritha-j wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a resource allocation perspective, this doesn't feel particularly undesirable, at least in terms of certain assets like vehicles. The current system of ownership is quite wasteful. I own a high end GPU that I use maybe 4 hours a week for gaming.

If capitalism prices me out of owning property, then I've not much use for it.

Maybe what you're calling capitalism is just oligarchy, in which case the nuance really doesn't matter.

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Post by vcanales »

supriyo-biswas wrote: post #28
walthamstow wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription This is here already. A long time ago, maybe even before covid, I asked a table of iPhone-owning friends who pays Apple a monthly sub for storage, and every hand went up. I know you mention home computers, but most of my friends don't have one. Their iPhone is their computer.

Not everyone is in it for the storage though, I use it mostly as a reliable syncing solution for my photos, as well as for iCloud private relay.

> I use it mostly as a reliable syncing solution for my photos

That is... storage.

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Post by nova22033 »

xvxvx wrote: post #12

- GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising - hard drive prices rising Are we looking at a future where home computers are replaced by thin clients and all the power lies in subscription services? ‘You don't need storage space, use our cloud subscription’ ‘You don’t need processing power, stream your games through our subscription service.’ Game publishers have already publicly floated the idea of not selling their games…

* - GPU prices rising - RAM prices rising *

How else is grok going to generate semi-naked images of minors?

Re: AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

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Post by zozbot234 »

oliwary wrote: post #29
aurareturn wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Ideally. Companies may also be hesitant to invest in expanding production capacity if they assume this is a bubble though.

Companies 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.
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