Comment on I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair)
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 23 hours ago
Yes, I have a basement full of computers with no storage. The plan was to put 120 GB SSDs in there and sell them for $40 each. 1: That’s no longer possible. 2: nobody wants to buy them for that price.
sukhmel@programming.dev 21 hours ago
$40 is now too much for an old but working laptop? That’s crazy
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 18 hours ago
It’s a desktop tower. People are sad when I offer monitor KB and mouse for $20 more.
I’m thinking of bumping up to $50 so people can feel better about talking me down to $35. I don’t like to play games, but people seem to care more about getting a deal than a fair price.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
I think the second point was to recoup the costs at least would make them too expensive for people to buy older hardware.