На рынке удивительная ситуация с этим кризисом чипов: у людей есть деньги и желание купить товар, а у компаний есть производство и желание продать. Но товар не могут сделать и поставить. Кстати, что странно, компании даже в условиях дефицита не повышают официальную цену, хотя именно так капитализм должен был бы в норме решать эту проблему. В итоге, мы получаем паразитическую сторону капитализма — появляются перекупщики, которые делают наценку 50-100% и даже более.
С автомобилями (да, новые автомобили тоже внезапно в кризисе) такая перепродажа, вероятно, не очень прокатывает. Но приставки и видеокарты попали под ситуацию очень заметно. В идеале и производителям и легальным магазинам нужно продать товар по возможности сразу целевому пользователю. Как это сделать? Магазины в России в конце прошлого года попробовали анализировать аккаунты покупателей и вручную звонить людям, попавшим под некий профиль (например, если человек купил много геймерских товаров), предлагая им PlayStation 5. Кажется, сработало это не очень хорошо. Во-первых, многие, кто очень хочет, так и остались без приставки. Люди буквально днями и неделями мониторят все возможные сайты в надежде поймать заветную «плойку». Иногда удается, но чаще нет. Во-вторых, магазины всё равно попадают на тех, кто в итоге продаст товар с наценкой. Например, два разных магазина могут продать одному и тому же человеку. Или — так было в моём случае — магазин предложил мне только дисковую версию, я её купил и продал ровно так, чтобы компенсировать наценку на бездисковую, которую на самом деле хотел. Впрочем, я купил бездисковую не у таких потерявших берега перекупщиков, какие обитают в России, а за границей, и наценка была небольшая относительно состояния рынка.
И вот здесь привязка устройств к человеку по каким-нибудь идентификационным данным на самом деле могла бы сыграть в плюс. В магазине, кстати, приставку продали только при личной явке и только при предъявлении паспорта, и это после их же звонка с предложением. Но можно пойти дальше: прямо при покупке привязывать аккаунт к конкретной персоне, и так, чтобы его нельзя было отвязать, например, в течение года. Это конечно упрощённая и идеализированная модель, но суть ясна: сделать скорую перепродажу невыгодной или даже невозможной.
Год назад казалось, что через год то уж точно приставки для всех будут. Я поэтому тогда и не купил. А в действительности через год стало только сложнее достать. Посмотрим, что будет ещё через год.
#life#gadgets
🚨 16-year-old, Yousef Kaabneh ascended to martyrdom, after he was shot and killed by the IOF near the town of Jiljiliya, north of #Ramallah.
Yousef ascended in defense of his homeland amidst the settler and IOF invasion of his land.
Coinciding with his martyrdom, settlers launched attacks on the western areas of Sinjil and Jiljiliya:
• Four Palestinians were injured — two by live fire and two as a result of severe beatings.
• Settlers looted approximately 700 sheep and agricultural equipment belonging to local farmers in the area under the protection of the IOF.
Glory to the martyrs.
The occupation released the activist Abu al-Sabe' Qatash who is now in critical health, bearing visible signs of beating and torture.
Qatash was detained hours earlier while confronting a settler attack on his village, Yabrud, in #Ramallah.
🚨 16-year-old, Yousef Kaabneh ascended to martyrdom, after he was shot and killed by the IOF near the town of Jiljiliya, north of #Ramallah.
Yousef ascended in defense of his homeland amidst the settler and IOF invasion of his land.
Coinciding with his martyrdom, settlers launched attacks on the western areas of Sinjil and Jiljiliya:
• Four Palestinians were injured — two by live fire and two as a result of severe beatings.
• Settlers looted approximately 700 sheep and agricultural equipment belonging to local farmers in the area under the protection of the IOF.
Glory to the martyrs.
Ramallah's Revenge - The Ein Bubin Operation:
On August 23, 2019, comrades of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine rose through the ashes of Oslo, dismantling illusions of peace upheld by the PA's security services to restore the era of fida'i operations, tearing apart the false sense of security imposed by the occupation and its collaborators.
Near Deir Ibzi' in #Ramallah, five comrades executed a complex operation that resulted in the killing of an extremist rabbi and the wounding of two settlers, including an IOF officer, with a PFLP-manufactured explosive. The rabbi had hesitated greatly before entering the area, a natural water spring used by local Palestinian villagers, and called upon the IOF for protection.
The heroes Samer Al-Arabid, Yazan Mughamis, Qassam Al-Barghouti, Nizam Amter, and Walid Hanatsheh defied this illusion of protection, targeting the settlers strolling through land not theirs.
The operation was a significant blow, not just in terms of its immediate impact, but in its broader implications. It shattered the myth of the recently unveiled "israeli"-American "deal of the century," upending the occupation's plans for expansion and theft of Palestinian resources. The resistance demonstrated that even in the heart of Ramallah, a symbol of the PA's security cooperation, the spirit of armed struggle is alive.
This was not the first time that Ein Bubin witnessed the fire of resistance. The spring situated west of Ramallah is a microcosm of the larger struggle: In 2015, fighter and prisoner Mohammed Abu Shahin carried out a shooting operation there, killing a settler and wounding another. Zionists renamed it "Ein Dani" after the killed settler, but his memorial has been repeatedly destroyed by local Palestinians.
The Ein Bubin operation also highlighted the technical expertise and organizational capacity of the PFLP, which was and still is feared by the IOF. The occupation, hoping this was an isolated incident, soon realized that this was part of a larger, organized cell. Their panic was palpable as they resorted to brutal interrogation techniques and torture against the five comrades, but failed to break their resolve. The IOF abducted 40 Palestinians, mostly students and activists, and tortured many. In this time, the cell carried out two more shooting operations.
Samir Arabid and Walid Hanatsheh were subjected to extreme torture, with Samir's bones broken and Walid's legs and feet turning black due to abuse in 23-hour-long daily interrogations. Samir, accused of leading the cell, lost his hearing and suffered from kidney failure due to torture. Walid, along with Secretary-General Ahmed Saadat, was subjected to isolation and prison transfers in the summer of 2023 following the "Beitar Illit" operation.
More broadly, the "Ein Bubin" operation was a direct challenge to the socio-political order imposed by the occupation and its collaborators, at a time when operations were less frequent. The heroes reminded the world that the struggle for Palestine is not just about land but about dignity, identity, and the right to resist oppression. As the occupation escalated its efforts to crush the resistance, it became clear that the "Ein Bubin" operation had a greater impact, reigniting the spirit of resistance in a time of despair and proving the will to fight could not be extinguished by years of occupation or by the illusions of peace processes.
Further, the operation is a model of the revolutionary student fighter. In honor of the operation, the PFLP's student bloc at Birzeit announced heroic prisoner Yazan Mughamis as its chairman last year, as he was its Deputy Secretary in 2019. This coincided with a commemoration of the operation, where its heroes were honored under the model of "Intellect and Rifle."
The five heroes, their homes demolished by the IOF, now endure the occupation’s prisons, serving life sentences for their heroic acts, undeterred. Their legacy, however, proves that resistance is a continuous benefit, as students, fighters, and workers vow to continue their path.
🚨 The IOF arrested 6 children during a raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of #AlKhalil, according to local sources.
Separately, the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that medical teams are treating a 21-year-old man who sustained gunshot wounds to the thigh and back from "israeli" occupation forces fire in Birzeit, north of #Ramallah.
🚨Summary of settler attacks in the West Bank over the past 24 hours:
• A settler attempted to run over a Palestinian woman near Al-Minya village, east of #Bethlehem.
• Settlers uprooted a large number of olive trees in the Wadi Musa area of Turmus Ayya, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attempted to block farmers from plowing their lands in the plains of Turmus Ayya.
• Settlers erected a tent near citizens' homes by the Carmelo roundabout near Al-Taybeh village, east of #Ramallah.
• Settlers released livestock in the vicinity of Palestinian homes in Susya village, Masafer Yatta, south of #AlKhalil.
• Settlers stormed Kafr Malik village, northeast of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attacked farmers and blocked access to their lands in the Ghuraba area, northwest of Sinjil village, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers cut down and uprooted 400 centuries-old olive trees in the lands of Qusra, south of #Nablus.
• Settlers released livestock onto farmers' lands in Khirbet Al-Tawil, east of Aqraba, south of #Nablus.
🚨Summary of settler attacks in the West Bank over the past 24 hours:
• A settler attempted to run over a Palestinian woman near Al-Minya village, east of #Bethlehem.
• Settlers uprooted a large number of olive trees in the Wadi Musa area of Turmus Ayya, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attempted to block farmers from plowing their lands in the plains of Turmus Ayya.
• Settlers erected a tent near citizens' homes by the Carmelo roundabout near Al-Taybeh village, east of #Ramallah.
• Settlers released livestock in the vicinity of Palestinian homes in Susya village, Masafer Yatta, south of #AlKhalil.
• Settlers stormed Kafr Malik village, northeast of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attacked farmers and blocked access to their lands in the Ghuraba area, northwest of Sinjil village, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers cut down and uprooted 400 centuries-old olive trees in the lands of Qusra, south of #Nablus.…
🚨 The IOF and armed settlers conducted a series of aggressions across the West Bank today:
Armed settlers attacked farmers in the village of Al-Mughayyir in #Ramallah and prevented them from harvesting olives. (media 1,2) Settlers also cut down olive trees in the village of Yasuf, east of #Salfit (media 3,4).
The IOF invaded the town of Beita, south of #Nablus, where confrontations erupted between resistance youth and the zionist forces. (media 5,6,7).
The IOF fired live bullets heavily at Palestinian homes at the entrance of Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of #AlKhalil. (media 8,9)
The IOF invaded Shufat refugee camp in #AlQuds. (media 10)