Guy Builds NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mining Rig in the Back of His BMW “Just to Annoy Gamers”

[Riccochet]

Of course.

Also, a company could easily start selling to miners only for a few years and still be welcomed back with open arms to the gaming community if they decided to come back.

They're already almost exclusively selling to miners now. If you want 10+ cards go get in on a group buy. They're getting them straight from the AIB's at just above MSRP. When you present an AIB with an order for 1000's of cards at just above MSRP the AIB is going to sell them. Why would they sell them to retail outlets at 20% below MSRP when they can make 25% more selling direct?

When you see someone with stacks of cards, all the same brand/model, they're not using bots to buy them. Or paying scalper prices.