The Hard Drive Cartel | Criminal Conspiracy & Price Fixing

Episode Title: "The Hard Drive Cartel | Criminal Conspiracy & Price Fixing"
Content: SUPPORT US: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ - we currently have a sale on our GN15 mouse mats - https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/15-yr-mouse-mat and on our Retro IO coaster packs https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-retro-io-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm The makers of hard drive suspension assembly components have, in some countries, been investigated for cartel-like collusion, bid-rigging, and antitrust behavior. The suspension assembly business consolidated into just three companies, and then two, leading to the collapse of a competitive market as the remaining members were shown to collude on prices. Now, an ongoing class action lawsuit seeks answers as it reaches certification and moves to discovery. There are many parallels to the DRAM Cartel that we previously covered; however, hard drives are often overlooked for the SSD industry instead. Watch also: The DRAM Cartel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzeHTlWIDY You can grab our new Wireframe V2 Mouse Mat here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-v2-mouse-mat Or our GN15 Mouse Mat that's on sale here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/15-yr-mouse-mat Our CPU organization trays are here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/stackable-esd-safe-amd-cpu-tray-holder-am4-am5-6-cpus And the Medium Modmat is here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/medium-modmat-v2 The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Japanese Hard Drive Cartel Bust 02:55 - Collusion and Deceit 04:45 - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT 06:31 - History of the Hard Drive 10:13 - The Suspension Assembly 12:02 - INVESTIGATION 14:25 - The Players 18:03 - CONSPIRACY 21:04 - Cartel Shake-Up 23:56 - Eliminating Weaker Members 25:38 - The Cartel Collapse ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Video Editing Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing Tannen Williams: Writing, Research


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