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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by cebert on Monday May 12, 2025 @06:23AM (#43961454)
If the OEM stayed with the same chip for several years, wouldn’t the price go down over time?
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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by numpad0 on Monday May 12, 2025 @08:52AM (#43962372)
Car OEMs are modern day colonial plantation owners, they know cost structures of suppliers and schedule their price cuts. They already have an annual cost saving quota. Prices don't just go down but go down just-in-time.

It would make zero sense if I drive to a Walmart and demand they sell to me with monotonically lowering prices as function of date since registration of my reward card, but in cars they do.

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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by analog31 on Monday May 12, 2025 @10:50AM (#43963696)
Ironically, this method of managing suppliers was perfected by Wal-Mart.
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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:06PM (#43966952)
LOL. That's what I was thinking too.
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