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by deaps 2347 days ago
In some industries that makes sense, and that is what happens. But where prices on parts could change between units, the sale price is often set despite those small changes in build costs.

We're talking about an industry that in 2014 included about 600 million units [0] - times maybe 4 USB ports per unit, and we're nearing 2.4 billion USB ports. That money adds up fast.

[0] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-...