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And they are going to manufacture this for next 9 years... How usable will it by the end, knowing the trends in software.

Still, I feel it is pretty reasonably priced as whole unit considering other products from them.

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The “trends in software” is the problem here: we’ve gotten greedy as developers and basically build assuming resources don’t matter. I am quite willing to bet that if we considered resources, we’d still be able to build all the stuff we want without assuming resources are free. Hardware would be viable longer. Efficiency unfortunately seems like the last thing anyone thinks about anymore, instead favoring time to market and layers upon layers that prioritize developer happiness and productivity over all else.

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