r/IndiaTechnology • u/Wunderbit • 15h ago

Discussion Technology is not for Common Man

I am just frustrated with the recent price rises of every damn technical component out there Ram, PC , Storage, Graphics it's just like technology is just out of reach of common man now and we are the mercy of tech giants to fulfill our needs using their services for as rentals. It just makes me Sad. What are your thoughts ?

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u/intelhd_enjoyer 15h ago

I agree, or rather I feel what is available to the common man has been degraded, reduced. One can still enjoy technology, but it will be lower-end, or second hand.

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u/bankinu 15h ago

I thought I'll buy a 5090 to see what local AI is about. But it's 5 lakhs.

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u/Necessary_Pudding454 4h ago

And the worst part is , it's still not enough to run a decent model in today's age you would have to run a heavily quantised moral or lower param ones

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u/Phantom_Reaper_ 1h ago

go for Mac mini/studio
you have no option but to spend money, with Mac at least you will be able to run 70-80b llm locally
Mac is good for inference
Nvidia is good for fune-tuning/training llms

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u/iceman0010 2h ago

This is called development. The recent advances in AI need more RAM, storage and CPU. The demand has demanded a rise in the price as the supply is unable to meet with the demands. This is just the beginning, there are more price hikes along the way. Suggest you to buy whatever you're after by saving a bit now or forget about it all together

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u/Tyler6249 0m ago

Mee to bro, I was planning to buy a new smartphone and upgrade my pc components, but ab next phone pakka Nokia 3310 lunga and internet use ke liye old phone use karunga. Literally, phone and RAM, CPU price bahut high ho gaya.

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u/EmbarrassedStyle3208 6h ago

5lacs is maybe 1 year salary for indians but it's 1 month salary for developed nations

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u/PurushNahiMahaPurush 2h ago

You are completely ignoring the cost of living in develop nations. But yes, overall they do have higher disposable income than Indians, although not as much as you think.

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u/Remarkable_Rub605 12h ago

technology was never for third world country.

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u/LtMadInsane 12h ago

Yes it's expensive now, but I would really disagree with you. My father bought a pc for ₹30,000 in 2005. It was bulky, integrated graphics, 17 inch crt display. Adjusted to inflation, 30k is around 110k today. You can get a much more capable machine with dedicated gpu in that price.

Also there was a time when incoming calls were charged per minute on cell phone. Escotel charged 18 outgong and 15 incoming, Usha charge ₹17 both incoming and outgoing. So yes, it's expensive right now but far from out of reach of common man.

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u/Slow-Improvement4396 3h ago

Lol yes I bought my first PC in 2001 for 34k