Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/2330473

  • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    For PC you can Frankenstein random hardware so you aren’t at the mercy of prebuilt OEM options.

    Now look at phones and see how easy it is to make your own from scratch with parts. Then look at OEMs and how many will even let you unlock the bootloader.

    Then look at how many iOS options there are for phones not from Apple. Mobile hardware freedom was dead from the get go compared to PC. Why? Hardware roadblocks for mobile compared to PC.

    • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      3 hours ago

      Are you sure that’s relevant when every major Android OEM locks their bootloaders now? Illusion of an open system.

      • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        When has Android been open? How many people do you know building their own parts to make their own Android phone from random parts? Android has mostly been at the mercy of OEM prebuilts.

        • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          There’s been definitely way more people running custom roms 10 years ago. Xiaomi got a start with a custom rom.