WHY IS EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE!?

https://tube.blueben.net/w/grB566qA8LLfSShaFXyChZ

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#murderdrones #glitchprod #ramprices

#RaspberryPi prices are .. cuckoo right now

#Pi 4 and 5 (4GB) +$25
Pi 4 and 5 (8GB) +$50
Pi 5 (16GB) +$100
Pi 500 (unit only and kit) +$50
Pi 500+ unit only +$150
Pi 500+ kit +$150
Compute Module 4 and 4S (1GG) +$11.25
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5 (2GB) +$12.50
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5 (4GB) +$25
Compute Module 4, 4S, 5 (8GB) +$50
Compute Module 5 (16GB) +$100
Development Kit for Compute Module 5 +$25
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 +$50
[As of April 2026 -TechRadar]

#RAM #RamPrices

https://www.techradar.com/pro/we-want-to-make-sure-you-dont-pay-for-more-memory-than-you-need-raspberry-pi-reveals-further-price-rises-and-the-ram-shortage-is-once-again-to-blame

IMO Amnesty International is perpetrating discrimination of the users of Twibright Links lightweight web browser not equipped with JavaScript and IMO Amnesty International are hypocrites: they pose as if fighting for human rights, but they themselves IMO perpetrate discrimination and censorship and Amnesty International IMO violates the basic human right to receive information.

I recommend:
1) Don't send Amnesty International any donations.
2) Tell other people about the behaviour of Amnesty International.
3) Boycott Amnesty International.

Their website consists of a grid of pictures and text. You don't need JavaScript to display that and even if you did, lack of JavaScript would just mean reduced functionality, not blocking of whole website.

This may IMO impact marginalized individuals (people living in poverty, people in developing countries, refugees, dissidents) who cannot afford to buy a powerful device with enough RAM (cf. recent RAM price crisis) to run a resource hungry web browser with JavaScript and exacerbate the digital divide.

IMO Amnesty International is joining the camp of perpetrators of digitalitarian digitatorship, where citizens are required to submit to an ever increasing amount of surveillance and tracking and required to submit to an extortion to purchase ever more expensive electronic devices.

I feel

s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards Amnesty International.

#links2 #links2gang #amnestyinternational #amnesty #hypocrisy #boycott #abuse #discrimination #censorship #contempt #strongcontempt #twibright #twibrightlabs #linksbrowser #marginalized #marginalizedgroups #poverty #developingcountries #ramprices #rampricecrisis #ramcrisis #digitaldivide #dissidents #refugees #javascript #resourcehungry #bloatware

@michaelrussell

This a HUGE WARNING its not just a temporary price hike, billionaires have bought materials needed to make ram, to cut supply of chips, and hard drives, TO CORNER THE MARKET and destroy personal computing not owned by them.

They control phones, you control PCs.

There are a quarter BILLION laptops that are prevented from using windows, no upgrades, no security, no fixes.

Get a laptop, several laptops, install linux

#linux #ramprices #ram #ramshortage #billionaires

It might not be much, but I replaced the keyboard and battery in a 8 year old laptop and now it feels good as new! Special thanks to Dell for having a good repair manual and Linux mint for running on anything.

#repair #righttorepair #Linux #linuxmint #ramprices

I bought a gaming PC from #tuxedocomputers in Germany in late November.

I just checked prices for a similarly specced machine today.

The price has increased by EUR 400 compared to the late November prices.

I started checking specifications in early November. By the time I got round to actually ordering the PC a couple of weeks later the price for that spec had jumped by EUR 100. So I downgraded a bit to get the price to fit my budget.

#AI #AIbubble #ramprices #costofliving