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Couldn't have said it better myself. The main theme of the reddit topic on this seemed to be people excited about 'only paying for what they want', yet by doin
by Alexx 16y ago
Couldn't have said it better myself.
The main theme of the reddit topic on this seemed to be people excited about 'only paying for what they want', yet by doing so you remove the main advantage of mass production; lower per unit price.
- tekrand 16y agoI guess part of the consideration should be that while the final product may be custom all the components are mass produced. As such you're going to have to pay for the custom assembly but the cost for the components will be more reasonable.
- Alexx 16y agoWhile this is undoubtably true, it's important to consider the absolute razor thin margins that fierce competition and huge volume production creates. This interesting article on the manufacture of microSD gives a small glimpse; http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918 The second to last paragraph is particularly interesting. Once you remove standardization all kinds of hidden costs creep in, from not being able to order such large volumes of components right down to hardware testing.