If the asic manufacturers has decided to keep their snouts out of the mining trough and actually support the customers that financed them, then the difficulty would be considerably lower and miners might still be making money.
All that happened was a serious of on-shot deals based on pre-orders, which would have been fine if the manufacturers had put plans in place to keep their original customers supplied with a steady stream of products as the difficulty rose. Instead they sold in bulk for their own or 'proxy' mining operations and the ones that paid the highest ( ie not discounted) pricing for their equipment got shafted.
Please don't lump all ASIC manufacturers together with the scam companies.
As it has already been said but you seem to have ignored, several companies did a good job of not ripping off their customers and even giving them a chance to turn a profit.
Bitmain was a shining example. No preorders, no overpriced hardware, no BS, and just about everyone who ordered from them was able to turn a profit. (although Bitmain has degraded a bit recently)
don't be too hard on the OP. sounds like difficulty w/power cost is making him think about powering off his miners. home mining is getting to the point of ridonkulousness
It should be clarified that home mining is only no longer viable for people with uncompetitive electricity rates. Mining may still be viable if you pay less than $0.08/kwh or have free electricity(which many do).
I think people are being hard on the OP because of his hilarious plan to destroy bitcoin because he specifically can no longer profit from mining.
It's the sort of response you'd expect to hear from an elementary schooler that didn't get his way so he has to ruin the fun for everyone.