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retail price != manufacturing price, so say just 2-300 bil
by swyx 5y ago
retail price != manufacturing price, so say just 2-300 bil
- akelly 5y agoFacebook isn't making any money selling headsets at $300
- usrusr 5y agoFreak spikes in demand cause freak spikes in supplier parts prices. Manufacturing volumes of complex goods are quite inelastic. Burst manufacturing price would likely be much higher than steady flow retail prices, not lower. Zuckerberg would basically have to redirect humanities entire smartphone manufacturing capacity for multiple years. Including the part that usually ends up sporting some fruit brand, this wouldn't be cheap at all.