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by BunsanSpace 2183 days ago
some companies could choose to make their product shittier, others could choose to pick a more expensive/efficient power supply and improve device design.

Have you ever heard of delta electronics? They manufacture 90% of power supplies on the planet and their CEO is a huge environmentalist. They have a philosophy of improving efficient for the hell of it, because a 1% improvement in their efficiency = thousands of megawatts saved due to their sheer volume.