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submitted 1 year ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u01AbiCn_Nw mental outlaw video:

hi everyone, i was planning on getting a new laptop cheaply for about 500ish but then i stumbled upon this near-totally modular laptop rhat starts out at above 1000 bucks. do you think the cheaper laptop in the long run is just a false economy and i should go for the framework or what? if you want to ask questions go ahead but im mainly concerned about the longterm financials (and how well it will keep up over time)

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[-] Risk@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I appreciate the healthy skepticism of typical business cycles, but at the same time - why would you buy the company and not sell upgrade parts to previous customers? If you didn't, you'd just own an overpriced laptop company amongst a dozen other cheap laptop companies.

[-] Kindness@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

To end competition. Brand loyalty. Poor vision. Many reasons, none of them very kind.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As others have pointed out, to kill competition and about paradigm shift. All, from their broken POV, so you can ideally eventually sell cheap laptops/phones shitty enough to warrant annual refresh (aka, the holy grail)

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