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nightfire:

--- Quote from: AndyBeez on February 01, 2023, 09:25:25 am ---Any hardware containing the words 'enterprise', 'pro' or 'Apple'.

Actually it is not the stupid pricing that's the problem, it's the STUPID PAYING. People, just stop.

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To be fair, when lots of that stuff is used by people that actually need some of the specs, it lives up to pricing/expectations. Also Apple phones in corporate environments are not bad, easily to integrate into MDM systems, good supply chain for pre-configured models to cause minimal workload on local sysadmins, decent software update period (=usable for years).
Of course, on lots of stuff that gets the "enterprise" stamp the quality is sometimes questionable.
And, for a non-enterprise user that does not use the features that make the premium, they pay more that they probably would have to for a competitors model.
Miyuki:

--- Quote from: tom66 on February 03, 2023, 09:14:31 am ---HDMI cables from these guys

Featuring 72V bias technology for... er... ummm... better something or other?

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Wow they have 1000$ USB A-B Cable, I can have a use for it, it will work perfectly with my 90$ Behringer microphone interface
And the great 5000$ C13 cable, I wonder if it makes my computer faster or if it works just for sound  :-//
Heck I shall start to sell those magic cables  :-DD

yes and 5000 $/m XLR cable + 5500$ for connectors, what a great deal  :palm:
Miyuki:

--- Quote from: nightfire on February 04, 2023, 11:14:02 am ---
--- Quote from: AndyBeez on February 01, 2023, 09:25:25 am ---Any hardware containing the words 'enterprise', 'pro' or 'Apple'.

Actually it is not the stupid pricing that's the problem, it's the STUPID PAYING. People, just stop.

--- End quote ---
To be fair, when lots of that stuff is used by people that actually need some of the specs, it lives up to pricing/expectations. Also Apple phones in corporate environments are not bad, easily to integrate into MDM systems, good supply chain for pre-configured models to cause minimal workload on local sysadmins, decent software update period (=usable for years).
Of course, on lots of stuff that gets the "enterprise" stamp the quality is sometimes questionable.
And, for a non-enterprise user that does not use the features that make the premium, they pay more that they probably would have to for a competitors model.

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I must agree, iPhones just work out of the box and have very long support. I still have 7 plus, released in 2016, and my piece manufactured 2018. Working just fine. All software updates still regularly available. You don't have many phones with this long support.
Lenovo laptop also running and running, for years (just got a second SSD and RAM), and it is now turned on 24/7 and connected to dock  ::)
Psi:
I kind of feel we need laws that limit the profitability of products.
But it would be a crazy hard thing to regulate and almost everyone would be against it.
Would also be difficult to do as some low volume things do need to be high profit. Sales volume would have to play into the calculation.

Not going to happen but interesting to think about.

Simply making the BOM cost of all products require public knowledge would help somewhat to shame companies into not overpricing things.
tautech:

--- Quote from: Psi on February 05, 2023, 10:59:02 pm ---I kind of feel we need laws that limit the profitability of products.
But it would be a crazy hard thing to regulate and almost everyone would be against it.
Would also be difficult to do as some low volume things do need to be high profit. Sales volume would have to play into the calculation.

Not going to happen but interesting to think about.

Simply making the BOM cost of all products require public knowledge would help somewhat to shame companies into not overpricing things.

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A lot also depends on ROI to subsidise your distribution network.
I've heard Uni figures of 10% of retail for BOM cost but add in a pile of SW development and that seems too little.

You know, you build stuff and sell it.
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