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He hits the nail on the head in the first paragraph. He bought anyway. Apple will continue to use unfair pricing because people are willing to buy it, even if they complain about it.

I'm frustrated by the fact the MacBook extra RAM/SSD is so expensive compared to manufacturing costs. But it's my only option, so I am going to have to pay it now aren't I?

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> I'm frustrated by the fact the MacBook extra RAM/SSD is so expensive compared to manufacturing costs.

That's quite variable actually, at least for the non-air non-retina ones the trend was generally that the prices (for RAM, not SSD) where fair-ish right at release (markup of 10 to 50%, roughly in line with other manufacturer-provided upgrades), but Apple doesn't float its prices so a year later with RAM prices having fallen by half or more (depending on the quantity) the prices were inane.

> But it's my only option, so I am going to have to pay it now aren't I.

No it isn't your only option. Third party SSD have been available for a while now.

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