Ok, but that’s sort of extreme, because I could buy, RIGHT now, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz for about $140. You’re showing off a retailer and/or brand that are gouging, just to prove a point.

Now, yes there’s a difference, because this is so-dimm for laptops vs standard desktop, but Newegg and Amazon are both gouging process pretty bad right now. But deals can still be found!

Edit apples to apples (though my post is 3600MHz)

I might install it just for Hover!

You have to admit, there are plenty of people either on Reddit (especially) or Lemmy, that seem to crack on/bash on certain companies or views on topics as a heard mentality. I’m guilty of it in the past bc I wanted to trust the heard, but after doing my own research have found whatever it was to not be so bad.

I’ve not been here long, but man, the amount of hate I’ve seen towards proton so far is crazy.

Dude, jfc calm down. You pay a little money to get premium services, instead of them monetizing user data. This is the way the world works with paid software, except they’re not making money on your data and you, just you.

Maybe some context in what exactly you pay for would help too. I’m assuming you pay for a base tier of mail, bc I use their password manager too but pay for the full suite, and don’t have this issue.

Maybe also a chat with support might find this to be an unexpected bug, but instead you’re coming to Lemmy to the echo chamber of hate on proton which won’t help.

How’d they do it? Contract ended or petition?

Amen. We all drive cars older than 2015, and I’ve gone against anything newer.

The other issue is all those Flock cameras all over our state and surrounding areas, is almost impossible to not be tracked. I didn’t consent to those being used by or municipal or city.

I’m sick of being data points on a spreadsheet!!

We’re a SMB so I kind of get to do what I want, within reason. But yeah a lot of corporate bullshit with tech doesn’t make any sense! I’m not here to blow through videos with stupid high spending and all the monitoring stuff. Just lock it down you’ll be fine. I’m simplifying of course, but still.

Ah. I’m the IT at work. Chrome is blocked on all domain joined devices. Otherwise it’s Edge business with GPOs managing it, or Firefox. I do run 3x Piholes for ad blocking too. Have about 1m queries in a 24 hour period, works like a champ!

Yes, I’ve got some new systems that still run DDR4 as they’re sold with 13th Gen Intel CPUs. But if I buy ddr4 yeah it’s up about 2x vs 5x ddr5

Yes, still affected, just not as affected. I’ve seen 50-100% rise vs DDR5 which is 300-500% rise. Like I also said, a lot of ddr4 existed before the hike so the supply shouldn’t have been as strained like brand new ddr5

Waterfox or LibreWolf now. Opera and Vivaldi are Chromium.

Both are Chromium based now. Bye to both. Waterfox or LibreWolf now.

I don’t get it, the PCs that still run DDR4 aren’t as affected (even some new still throw 13th &14th Gen Intel CPUs). Plus DDR4 had been out nearly a decade, so demand shouldn’t be so crazy as it’s everywhere. So if it’s a used market, pricing shouldn’t be so terrible. I haven’t been on eBay too check those prices, but I’m talking new stuff as I still have many desktops I still buy RAM for. Sure it’s higher, but not awful like the 32GB DDR5 i bought for work for $260 lol.

Btw I’ve already informed my bosses that I’m going to completely blow my tech budget this year bc of this stupid bullshit if we do a typical upgrade cycle. We switched to every 6 years vs 4-5. Glad I spent a bunch of RAM & SSDs, last spring! 32GB DDR5 RAM for $90 is now $380 lol

Copilot is just re-skinned ChatGPT hosted on Azure. It’s funny how so many claim GPT to be so great and yet Copilot is branded the class glue eater.

I’m not sticking up for MS either, they’re bad enough shoving it in everyone’s faces.

Initially, in the late 00s, Samsung was up-and-coming for LED/LCD so they started to quickly catch on. Then in 2010s, LG started to leap ahead before the price caught up. Now, TCL is that for me, great prices with great quality. Hisense is probably next

Probably the F35 series. I grabbed a 55" for outside for $219 lol. It’s just for hanging out in the hot tub or grilling out.

Edit: wonder if that Amazon shit can be blocked

Thank you! That’s really good to know. Probably good info that’s not readily available but I’m definitely going to look into them more!

Ah, see, ok, that makes sense. I forget most everyone else in the real world isn’t obsessed with ad-blocking like me. So, this one is Roku but I have others that are Fire TV and Android (all TCL). None are connected online, and honestly it’s creepy as FUCK that the fire TV has never been connected to the Internet, yet still somehow has its own ads for shows update every so often. IDK if they’re cross-communication like a mesh network of TVs so if one is offline it can still get some sort of content refresh, or what, but I don’t like that it knows to update/refresh with no network.

They seem good, but I only stayed away bc I’ve not heard much about them, and I’ve been burned by storage companies starting out with really good pricing only to be unsustainable and then go belly up.

I honestly don’t mind TCL, they’ve really come a long way, especially for the price! I have the 2022 TCL 85R655 that was rated extremely well, and supported all the Series X features (ALLM, VRR, 4K/120, HDR10 +DV gaming, etc for $1800) and that only replaced my 2016 LG 65UH8500 because, well, way better specs (minus no 3D anymore lol).

I had an issue with the PCB 12 months into warranty (literal days left) and I got a full refund because they had already replaced that model with the next Gen and didn’t have the proper parts available or something to fix.

The picture quality, when calibrated, is pretty damn good despite not being OLED.