Having grown up in a world where 8 bit computers with 4-16k ram (and no storage) cost the equivalent of $1000, inflation adjusted, this seems like an almost insane complaint. Hardware is so cheap now compared to software which is still very expensive to produce. A person could spend less than a $100 on a computer and make that money back very quickly doing various digital tasks on fiverr.
>make that money back very quickly doing various digital tasks on fiverr.
>an almost insane complaint
That's not the complaint. Not everything is a "I can make x money back" preposition. The complaint is "A $10 item is costing me $25." It's costing me 2.5x the price it should be. Maybe you should see it from that POV.
You can also keep going on about kids starving right this instant while I complain about 2.5x price difference, it doesn't change a thing. a $10 pi zero 2 w still costs $25, if not more given it's almost never in stock and runs out so quickly.
>Having grown up in a world where 8 bit computers with 4-16k ram (and no storage) cost the equivalent of $1000
That doesn't mean much though, does it? I'm not comparing today's costs to back when you grew up. Nor am I saying today's costs costs are worse than when you grew up. If I was, you'd be right. I am not. I am just complaining about the price I have to pay due to scalping/availability vs price something is advertised at usually.
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That being said, I understand why shipping exists, but $5 overcharge for sake of it plus $7 to ship something this tiny is a bit iffy. They literally just pack it in a soft wrap and throw it in an envelope.
I think GP's point was that it's incredibly cheap at $25 or at $10, enough so that for hobby uses it shouldn't really matter unless you are the type of person who just can't get past "I'm getting ripped off $10".
They are basically right, although I guess you should add "in much of the world".
>hobby uses it shouldn't really matter unless you are the type of person who just can't get past "I'm getting ripped off $10".
I mean, for one or two devices, sure, whatever (as was my thought process when I bought them). But then I was like, "What if I add a pi zero to this, and this, and this!" and a $15 difference quickly becomes 'expensive.'
A little offtop for everyone who uses comparisons that "old good days" computers/whatever were more expensive so new generation don't have moral ground to complain. Please don't forget about overall context. In that old day you could afford to buy house and don't spend the most of the income for renting. So it's incorrect to simply compare prices for one specific niche, overall context for expenses should be counted in.
