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Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital (mashable.com)

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[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I think it's a post-bubble-pop boycott. These manufacturers are not ramping up production because they know the demand won't be permanent. So when things return to normal, whenever that is, we continue to not buy their products.

The problem is this relies on two things One - people actually remembering Two - Data centers, enterprises, and OEMs, who make the large majority of HDD purchases also boycott.

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