• 4am@lemmy.zip
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      6 hours ago

      That doesn’t magically give me money to buy any alternatives with.

      All this shit is Sam Altman’s fault, slimy fuck

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        36 minutes ago

        Totally get it. But, being real, budget is always a relative term. I wouldn’t have been able to afford the cheapest version before, period. Mine was gifted to me. Items like this are only “budget” if you actually have a budget for a one off gaming device in the first place.

        I’m in the same boat as you if mine dies. No way in hell could I swing even the prices on the LCD version if they still offered them, much less the oled. It’s what? 750+ USD for the lower tier version? That’s almost my fucking mortgage. The LCD would still sit at the 600+ range most likely.

        And the deck is technically a full PC if you get a dock and set it up, but that’s still a damn big outlay for a low tier PC.

        So, yeah, fuck Altman and every other dipshit pushing hopped up llms like they’re the second coming.