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NVIDIA really went from begging developers to upgrade their GPUs to sitting on a golden throne watching us fight over scraper bots for a chance to maybe purchase their overpriced cards. The power dynamic shift is absolutely wild – they used to practically beg you to buy their hardware with polite upgrade suggestions, and now they're treating customers like peasants who should be grateful for the opportunity to even consider dropping $1500+ on a GPU. The AI boom and crypto mining turned them from desperate salespeople into GPU royalty who couldn't care less if you upgrade or not. Supply and demand hit different when you're selling shovels during multiple gold rushes simultaneously.

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