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GraffitiDecos t1_jd2mdss wrote

Reply to comment by ioioooi in For all intents and purposes, this is a joke 🤣 by fuzzinator007

I'm not sure that competition makes any difference in this space.

If you mean more mass produced keyboards then yes, that keyboard is cheaper because they have produced 1000x+. I don't think aio3, noxary and hiney were making huge profits with their small batch runs.

Things like economies of scale, market conditions in raw materials ( ie. Alu,.brass, copper) PCB production cost and availability of components, logistic costs, etc are all at play.

We are finally seeing prices of all raw materials drop since the onset of the pandemic and component levels stabilize.

That being said, I do enjoy the amount of available options.

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quantumlocke t1_jd5jxmy wrote

I don't want to call out specific designers or vendors, but there are absolutely people making money hand over fist in this hobby, especially off of group buys.

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