99% of hobbyist and small business use cases can be served by hardware from 5-10 years which is still relatively cheap. You don't need to compete with Nvidia for brand new DDR5 RAM for your basement NAS.
I paid $35 for 8GB DDR3 ram in 2012: https://i.imgur.com/e7XKcqX.png
Here is a 20$ 16GB DDR3 purchase in 2022: https://i.imgur.com/1V1FpYh.png
That same ram is now 40$: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8C37DH
So if we normalize prices for 16GB:
2012: 70$
2022: 20$
2026: 40$
I think we are still ahead for DDR3 but I really would prefer prices to be 20$ again. :)
Surprisingly looking my order history I found a different brand 16GB DDR3 for 15$ in early 2025. Not sure if I even noticed the price drop because it was cheap enough for me I just impulse purchased it.