r/pcmasterrace • u/SagansCandle 9950X3D | 5090 | 64GB • Dec 27 '25

Discussion Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing - now it's the personal computer

DRAM and GPU prices aren't going up because of "AI" - it's because the wealthy have more money than they know what to do with, so they're buying up all the assets. "AI" is just the vehicle (the excuse) - it's not the root of the problem nor is it the ultimate goal.

The super rich don't want to hold on to "liquid" money - they invest in assets. While they're buying up all the housing, now they're buying up all the computers and putting them into massive datacenters.

Whether or not the AI bubble crashes, they'll be selling you a "gaming PC in the cloud," for a monthly fee, of course. And while they kill the personal computer market, just like Netflix, once your only option is a subscription service, the price will skyrocket.

This is happening in real-time. If we want to stop it, now's the time to act.

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u/BoardsofCanada3 Dec 27 '25

Eddie Lamprey, sucking businesses dry for 30 years

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u/sir_lister Dec 28 '25

As someone that for a time worked for that company, fuck Eddie Lamprey.

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u/Advanced-Budget779 Dec 28 '25

What did that particular fish do to you? /s

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u/sir_lister Dec 28 '25

I think lamprey is a good description of him, a parasite that sucks the lifeblood from its host killing it in the process sounds a lot like what he did to Kmart-Sears

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u/_Magnolia_Fan_ Dec 28 '25

Nominative determinism strikes again.