cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42750767
The death of affordable computing in America.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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The death of affordable computing in the US of A.
Not sure if this fits here as while the tariffs situation are primarily causing chaos and price inflations in the US, the redirection of goods might also cause companies to increase costs globally in order to cover the cash flow burdens and payments caused by real time tariff fluctations.
I hope Canada can get some better prices out of this.
PlayStation punished the world by increasing their console prices to match the adjusted tariff price in the US. I forsee all manufacturers doing the same thing, just like COVID.
The entire world can soon blame every American for their crazy price increases.
If only someone made an example out of them corpos
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We won't.....
Sounds like an American problem tbh. But this is what they wanted, they voted for this.
And many of the ones who didn't want this didn't vote against it because they couldn't be bothered.
PS5 digital edition prices have increased across Europe too. Not even restricted to the Americans.
We're talking about affordable computing tho, not gaming.
Fair point
except when the american prices become the baseline because capitalism doesn't like to lose money
My takeaway is start planning trips to Taiwan so you can go buy comp hardware bit by bit at a reasonable price
You still have to declare things in customs. If you don't and get caught, you could end up far worse than high prices.
"No officer, this fully assembled PC with no boxes or receipts was definitely brought from America, the country I am now returning to."
You can take a phone and laptop through customs without paying import tax.
50 high end RTX cards might not be so easy.
I just ordered a cheap mini PC from AliExpress for 82€
What would that cost in the US? Double? More?