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      8 months ago

      Starting to notice a trend with these “specialty” device companies, crap specs and high (relatively) prices.

      The FP5, released last year has a SoC that performs worse than the Tensor. The TENSOR, a chip widely regarded as shitty, and can be had on a phone 200$ cheaper. :/

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        8 months ago

        Other’s make it cheaper because they don’t care about “fair”. How do you think cheap products become cheap? Think about it for a second.

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          You can be “fair” and pricey, just put a better competitive SoC, rn it’s near budget tier for upper mid range money

          And then they expect someone to use it for 10 years? LMAO, that thing is gonna be sluggish AF in another 1 or 2 tops, can’t imagine trying to use it in 10 lolol

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            You can be “fair” and pricey, just put a better competitive SoC, rn it’s near budget tier for upper mid range money

            That’s the thing, fair SoC’s aren’t cheap because they aren’t available everywhere nor is a fair supply chain easy to setup. Do you think somebody just snapped their fingers or trusted the words written in a contract? "This supplier says they’re fair and ethical, so I’ll believe them 🤷 "

            Who do you think has to verify suppliers claims? Do you think they are free? Do you think a manufacturer will simply throw out an unfair supplier to be ethical and fair if that meant loss of business or revenue?

            Think about it from the extreme: are slaves cheaper than paid employees? Then continue the thoughts from there and the impacts they have on the cost and availability of products. Just walk through the logistics yourself and compare the cost of doing business ethically vs not. Maybe even write it down to get a better picture.

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