RPM is a bad example. YT miners similar to him do not truly care about mining or operating a mining setup profitably once their YT revenue exceeds their mining revenue. He could pay top scalper prices for GPUs, and still make money in the end when YT revenue is considered. He is either supplied cards by someone like a fan who profits little on top, or outright purchases from scalpers. Either way it would not matter.
I know RPM is a bad example. I’m just stating any example for the matter… but even non YouTubers. I spoke to this one guy who I was attempting to buy a GPU from and he said he got it in a MicroCenter lotto after MANY DAYS of trying. That doesn’t seem efficient nor do I think that that’s how most people get their stock. Just saying. I’m gonna give Streetmerchant a go