Maybe you missed the whole point. The extended "I cannot call it a paper launch, but it's cellulose" section? The one where he specifically could not call it a paper launch, because of that initial graph with some large cities in the US being satisfied...and the rest of the world being dissatisfied?
English is tricky that way. It's almost like he knows there's too much data supporting that it was not a paper launch...but also wants to convey that their personal experience of buying online sucked. A dichotomy conveyed adequately by the data...and not by your anecdotal bemoaning of supply.
Listen, I understand you want to be unhappy. I also don't care about that, when the data suggests that you are going to be unhappy no matter what, unless AMD and Nvidia both pulled a magic trick, and produced an infinite quantity of cards. The thing is, that's a stupid ask. It's ignoring the supply chain, and it's ignoring that everyone needs to get paid, because you believe you're entitled to things day one. You're welcome to that entitlement, go pay a scalper, who only exists because people no longer have the concept of delayed gratification or even realistic expectations. I'm also loving the whole "you're a paid shill for AMD" crap. Where's my check? It's almost like I have an expectation that the whole pipeline broke down for months because both AMD and Nvidia wanted to have no old stock left, and it's nice to finally have something. Something that in 60-90 days will be in stock and probably match the MSRP, after scalpers have depleted the idiots in the market.
Let me offer you a parallel. Football tickets in Brazil. How much are people paying?
Cost - Brazil - Football tickets $400 for tickets two weeks out...but I'm betting that you could still buy tickets from scalpers at $600 on the day of. Finite supply, huge demand, driven entirely by psychotics who need to be there, rather than watching the game on television. You want the equivalent of a stadium with infinite seats, so the ticket prices are lowered. Cool...show me how to make that happen. I expect the cost of those seats to go up until the game starts...after which I could plow the cost of a ticket into renting out a room at a local restaurant, buying food, and getting endless beer for a lower cost...as long as I don't have to actually be sat there. This is the equivalent of delaying gratification, to get the cards at MSRP, just as long as you don't have to be there (or the analog of buying day one).
Consider me a shill then for not paying to be part of the early adopter idiots. It's why I never watch movies the opening weekend, buy new car models, buy the first batch of any technology, and why I'm cool with watching pundits who know they have to be honest dance around calling a thing a paper launch, because while their experience sucked they know it'd be intellectually dishonest to call it a paper launch. Anecdote is not truth, and your anecdote doesn't change facts.
