I think the second point was to recoup the costs at least would make them too expensive for people to buy older hardware.
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sukhmel@programming.dev 19 hours ago$40 is now too much for an old but working laptop? That’s crazy
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 16 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.