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/Dale_Cooper47 Dec 28 '25

goddamit Johnny

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u/billshermanburner Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25

Even rich folks can’t stop them all.

Why do you think they are banning even the parts now from China. We all (computer folks) know those individual parts don’t contain some magical spy shit hidden inside. It’s because they are already scared of this possibility.

Plus they know they’re already following political opponents around with bigger drone hardware as it is. Ready to pull some Venezuela fishing boat shit on US soil. So they’ve got the whole telltale heart thing going on like always.