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Yeah, as far as Youtube alternatives go, I think this has been the most compelling to date as its advantageous for content creators as well as viewers. And I couldn't agree more on miners not being to blame. Its a rather entitled view to say graphics cards are ONLY for gamers. Miners are consumers too. I just feel that the retailers should not be using that as an excuse to raise prices.

looking around on steemit it doesnt feel that early, but for d.tube i guess yes.

Memory cartels have a lot to do with it as the high price and low supply of DRAM/HBM is hampering AMD from ramping up GPU production as Lisa Su confirmed recently(Silicon production not the problem). Nvidia are probably facing similar issues.