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points by 3abiton 2 days ago | 0 comments

> Well "starting MSRP of $1,599."

Honestly I was looking lately for some deals for black friday or 11.11, and I saw that the Oppo Ultra 9X or whatever it's called, had a rom and a bootloader cve that would allow you to root it and replace god awful COS with someone AOSP based. The 12/256 is 1200€! And that's the chinese version. A phone with a last gen chip! Absolutely crazy. The ram prices are way worse than I thought.

[–] b112 2 days ago

Whenever a scarcity happens, manufacturers take the opportunity to tack on some extra profit. Likely the extra cost is mostly extra profit, not RAM all on its own.

[–] kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2 days ago

Yes, it's a well-known fact that manufacturers will sacrifice all the goodwill they've accumulated over the years for a little short term profit. /s

I'm not saying none of them do, but you've made a heckuva blanket statement there with zero citation.

[–] b112 2 days ago

It's literally every manufacturer of everything ever. Not just now, not just this century or this planet, or even this galaxy. From amoeba loaning glucose to a neighbour, to a star granting energy to its flock, the universal truth is the cost is what you'll pay, not what it costs to make.

If you set your pricing by what it costs you to make, you're not very good at capitalism.

Prices also skyrocket relatively fast, and come down much slower, for the same reason.

[–] Dylan16807 2 days ago

Nobody said they sacrificed any goodwill. The scarcity provides cover.