Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 38%

Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by... by browningstreet on Monday February 23, 2026 @10:08AM (#47123268)

You're being exceedingly pedantic over the use of the colloquialism "DRAM tax" but then you allow "demand shocks". So yeah, everyone's shocked.

Weird hill..

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Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by... by Aurornis on Monday February 23, 2026 @10:12AM (#47123331)

Demand shock is not a colloquialism. It’s an real economic term that describes the situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_shock

Tax is also an economic term, which is not what’s happening. Calling it a “tax on consumers” doesn’t make sense because any data centers buying RAM right now are also buying from the same global market.

If commenters just want to be outraged and throw words around then use whatever words you want, I suppose.

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