• echo64@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh no. This is a fairly poorly thought out argument that is really based on nothing other than

    “if it’s called slim, then it has to be cheaper”

    almost all popular multi-year hardware will have multiple SKU’s throughout it’s lifetime, either to source alternate - more available - parts, or to reduce cost. They generally don’t also come with a price change because the price is almost always dictated by market forces, not cost of components.

    we /have/ seen a marketed push when companies see an opportunity to make a lower cost device around the idea of a “slim”, but to say just because something is called “slim” it has to be cheaper, is to be fairly ignorant of what makes that version traditionally cheaper.

    If you want to make arguments about it being a rip-off, talk about the stand situation, not the “slim” marketing and design change.