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by butvacuum 40 days ago
note: its the additional component and its knock on effects that are the cost- not the half cent diode.

aka- you add a diode, now you have to add procurement, warehousing, extra time on the pick and place, possibly a more expensive/larger+slower one as well(so even more time), then you have wastage, labor for keeping the machine fed...