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> For every mars bar, there's a video game.

The economics of software (including video games) are entirely different than candy bars or burgers as the marginal cost of each "unit" is effectively zero.



Fair enough; pretend I said "a computer" instead.


> Fair enough; pretend I said "a computer" instead.

That's a better example, though the "continually better, faster & cheaper" days for computers (and consumer electronics broadly) have recently been heavily disrupted by the current AI rush. Guess we'll find out how temporary or permanent this is.




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