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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by Fatnino on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:14PM (#30870455)
If I understand you correctly, "my kingdom for a horse" is actually a good economic decision.
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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by revolvingocelot on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:30PM (#30871336)
The better aphoristic horse-kingdom-related summation is probably For Want Of A Nail:

  For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
  For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
  For want of a horse the rider was lost.
  For want of a rider the message was lost.
  For want of a message the battle was lost.
  For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
  And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by stingraycharles on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:21PM (#30870551)
Maybe not economical, but definitely rational.
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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by paxys on Thursday March 31, 2022 @05:44PM (#30872532)
Could also be economical depending on how much you value your life
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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by ballenf on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:19PM (#30871225)
If a horse is the sole means of surviving an attack, the horse is worth way more than 100 kingdoms because what use is a kingdom to a dead man?
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Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More by User23 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:25PM (#30871286)
It's an effective business model if you can pull it off. For example a variation thereof made Marcus Licinius Crassus the richest man in Rome[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#Rome

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