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minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·3 days ago increasing from $0.20 each to $0.24 each in the United States. To put that into perspective, in Q3 2025, HP sold 15,002,000 laptops and desktops “This is pretty ridiculous, given these systems are $800+ a machine I wonder how long the list of these fees for one machine is
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·3 days agoThat’s about a $600,000 savings for that quarter, for a company that reported $13.9 in revenue for Q3 2025.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down2·3 days agoIt would be cruel of us to ask them to only have $13,899,400,000 in revenue that quarter instead of $13,900,000,000
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoRevenue wouldn’t change from this, only expenses and profit.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, I was just riffing from the other post but you’re right, that’s not how that works.
minus-squaresnoons@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoSomeone was a doing a lot of hard work subtracting big scary numbers in their budget sheet.
minus-squarei_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI wonder what they spent paying people to implement and communicate this change. At 600k for a company that size this cost them more money than just paying the extra 4 cents.
I wonder how long the list of these fees for one machine is
That’s about a $600,000 savings for that quarter, for a company that reported $13.9 in revenue for Q3 2025.
It would be cruel of us to ask them to only have $13,899,400,000 in revenue that quarter instead of $13,900,000,000
Revenue wouldn’t change from this, only expenses and profit.
Yeah, I was just riffing from the other post but you’re right, that’s not how that works.
Fair enough
Someone was a doing a lot of hard work subtracting big scary numbers in their budget sheet.
I wonder what they spent paying people to implement and communicate this change.
At 600k for a company that size this cost them more money than just paying the extra 4 cents.