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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Yes, how like cars are kept only for the super rich. Or how only the wealthy have personal computer systems. Airplane travel is still only for the elite class. 

All of these things were inaccessible to all those but the ultra-rich at their inception, and then trended to be cheaper as time went on. 

This is how new technology works, it is expensive when first discovered, then becomes cheaper and cheaper on average over time as supply chains are established and manufacturing processes are refined. 

There’s no capitalism here to shake a fist at, only basic economic principles
gpt
That economic process happened 40 years ago with computers. It wrapped up in 2000, when your average Joe could walk into a best buy and buy a decent home computer for $500-1000, or splurge and get the gaming-capable PC for $1500. It was like that from about 2000 all the way until ~2018.

I think there's a valid point to be made in that process reversing in the last 4 years for gaming GPUs, with supply for GPUs swallowed up by big-pocketed crypto folks chasing profits, then COVID strangling that supply even further. 

From about 2000 until 2017, it's been no problem to build a solid gaming computer for $1000-1500. Graphics cards are starting at $1000 for what was once a $350 performance slot. This isn't normal, and we're not "waiting for the technology to roll down to the proletariat". Something that was attainable for an interested adult, no longer is. And it's largely due to rich people chasing profits or feeding scalpers. Especially not when grocery prices have inflated like they have in the pandemic.

The people that can toss $3000 at a graphics card scalper aren't poor or average people. My car cost me $3000, and my household makes the median household income here in Canada.