What a stupid comment. 50% margin is common in many industries even those way outside of technology (and they have considerably less investment in R&D, Patents and marketing).
You clearly have never worked at any significant level in a "real" business.
So you listed the total of component costs. So what about:
1) research 2) software development 3) patents and legal 4) trademarking and legal 5) shipping (and markup for the retailer) 6) A building for all those workers to work in 7) benefits for said workers 8) return for shareholders
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What a stupid comment. 50% margin is common in many industries even those way outside of technology (and they have considerably less investment in R&D, Patents and marketing).
You clearly have never worked at any significant level in a "real" business.
So you listed the total of component costs. So what about:
1) research
2) software development
3) patents and legal
4) trademarking and legal
5) shipping (and markup for the retailer)
6) A building for all those workers to work in
7) benefits for said workers
8) return for shareholders
Seriously.