[vetinari]

Yes, it does.

If you manufacture 100K of them, and save 10 dollars on every piece, you got an extra million in savings.

[xxpor]

From the wiki, my understanding is the licence is $0.25 a unit, not $10?

[vetinari]

It was a number to illustrate a point, not exact figure for this specific case.

Yes, the manufacturers will go great lengths to minimize variable costs. If they can shave $0.25, they will. At volumes, it matters.