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Yeah, the reality is literally the opposite. Low volume products have to cost a lot since fixed costs dominate. High volume consumer products have razor thin margins. They cost a lot because the processes to build them cost a lot, not because someone's making fat profit on each one. (Perhaps with the exception of Apple, who have enough of a software moat that they don't need to cut their margins so thin).



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