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Re:How Tim Cook transformed Apple after Steve Jobs by baybal2 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:24AM (#26152931)
Chargers used to be way more expensive, proprietary ones in particular.

Branded siemens, and ericsson chargers for phones were $100+ circa 2001

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Re:How Tim Cook transformed Apple after Steve Jobs by vlovich123 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:36PM (#26159655)
That's true but you have to look at shipped volume & BOM cost (bill of materials), not MSRP from a charging block 20 years ago.

If this charging block was from the Kindle, you're looking at significantly higher volume & several years of advances that drive the cost down. Additionally, since everyone has shifted to stock USB chargers, all chargers have gotten drastically cheaper due to scaling. You can buy a wall USB (C or A) charger for a few $ MSRP which means it costs like 20-50 cents for the components that go into it.

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