Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!

https://lemmy.world/post/21744747

Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed! - Lemmy.World

It will at least be extremely funny to watch all the gamer bro chuds freak the fuck out when an immediate consequence of their actions will be that gaming pc components instantly inflate 50% in price.

Glad I already got my Steam Deck, fuck.

but but… Orange men said it was good for the economy, now I have to pay 2000 Dollars for a 5090? Why aren’t they coming to America and produce here!?
CHIPS Act? Never heard of it.

Oh, the thing Trump called "so bad" on Joe Rogan a couple weeks ago? He said that tariffs are his preferred strategy to force companies to build in the US. Maybe that was just rhetoric and you can't trust it, but he did say it.

As it stands, CHIPS isn't going anywhere, so at least Americans won't be totally fucked.

Trump Attacks Bipartisan Semiconductor Law on Joe Rogan Podcast

Former President Donald J. Trump’s comments came during a nearly three-hour episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

The New York Times
I know these things take time, but it’s really hard not to be skeptical of CHIPS amounting to much. It reminds me too much of all the grant money given to telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon - supposed to be for improving infrastructure and implementing 5G, but they just pocketed the money as profit.