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mediamanyesterday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

That's annoying, but it's not why scaled manufacturing is lowering unit costs of panel production. Look at bare panel prices, they've followed the same cost curve down.

The same problem exists in the airline market. Airline ticket prices are historically very low, but people complain about seats, fees, and so on. But then they keep buying the absolute cheapest ticket.

What consumers say they care about, and what they actually care about, are not the same. Otherwise they'd pay more for the less irritating product.


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happymellontoday at 12:03 AM

> But then they keep buying the absolute cheapest ticket.

I would love to shop around and find seats that give me the things that I want without having to spend more on extra fees, but the model they have now is to basically show me the nickle and dining seat, and then pay to upgrade it to the fee free version.