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[–] dabu@lemmy.world 68 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Companies will find a way to apply this also to the rest of the world, citing some bogus reasons.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

It's like how back when the Euro or the Pound were worth nearly 2x what the dollar was, a new device or piece of hardware would sell for $399/€399/£399.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I was borderline thinking of re-editing the headline to something along the lines of:

Proposed US tariffs may significantly raise gaming hardware costs for US gamers

But then decided against it as I generally think it's best to avoid title edits (other than minor corrections/edits that are explicit).