Re:Zuckerberg unveils Meta’s newest VR headset days before A...
by leoedin on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:51AM
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Yeah, the reality is literally the opposite. Low volume products have to cost a lot since fixed costs dominate. High volume consumer products have razor thin margins. They cost a lot because the processes to build them cost a lot, not because someone's making fat profit on each one. (Perhaps with the exception of Apple, who have enough of a software moat that they don't need to cut their margins so thin).
This is sort of historical revisionism. PCs and laptops were historically expensive, limited use devices and they've become relatively more inexpensive over time due to a huge increase in supply.