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0 pointsly3xqhl8g93y ago0 comments

"Adults spend $1,200 a year on consumer electronics and own, on average, 25 CE products per household, according to a study by the CEA." [1] In a family of 4 [2], this can mean somewhere around $3÷4,000 per year, or $6÷8,000 every 2 years.

[1] https://www.cnet.com/culture/study-u-s-adults-spend-1200-a-y...

[2] The average US family size is 2.51 [3] while average worldwide is 4.9 [4]

[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183648/average-size-of-h...

[3] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/31/with-billio...

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smaudet3y ago

"electronic gizmos" is not screens...

I can think of quite a few electronics I spent money this year which did not include any screen device. Again, these stats are misleading, maybe dishonest.

My "device" budget we'll call it has been less than 1000$ over the past 5 years, and that is with spending a fair amount on non-screen decives, which are electronic in nature but not investments in dedicated computing like you would have us beleive.

ly3xqhl8g9OP3y ago

"Consumer electronics" consist of "telephones, televisions, and calculators, then audio and video recorders and players, game consoles, mobile phones, personal computers and MP3 players", "GPS, automotive electronics (car stereos), video game consoles, electronic musical instruments (e.g., synthesizer keyboards), karaoke machines, digital cameras, and video players", "smart light fixtures and appliances, digital cameras, camcorders, cell phones, and smartphones", "virtual reality head-mounted display goggles, smart home devices that connect home devices to the Internet, streaming devices, and wearable technology." [1] Most of them have screens.

As a general heuristic, one single person's decision tree is rather irrelevant in the long open game of average spending behaviours.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics

smaudet3y ago

"Most of them have screens."

Ha, as if.

"one single person's decision tree is rather irrelevant in the long open game of average spending behaviours."

Sure but collectively is what matters, you can't make such precise arguments from such general behaviors, as you put it it's not about a single person's decision tree.

Your own metrics disagree with your original point.

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0 pointsly3xqhl8g93y ago0 comments

[1] https://www.cnet.com/culture/study-u-s-adults-spend-1200-a-y...

[2] The average US family size is 2.51 [3] while average worldwide is 4.9 [4]

[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183648/average-size-of-h...

[3] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/31/with-billio...

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smaudet3y ago

"electronic gizmos" is not screens...

I can think of quite a few electronics I spent money this year which did not include any screen device. Again, these stats are misleading, maybe dishonest.

ly3xqhl8g9OP3y ago

As a general heuristic, one single person's decision tree is rather irrelevant in the long open game of average spending behaviours.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics

smaudet3y ago

"Most of them have screens."

Ha, as if.

"one single person's decision tree is rather irrelevant in the long open game of average spending behaviours."

Sure but collectively is what matters, you can't make such precise arguments from such general behaviors, as you put it it's not about a single person's decision tree.

Your own metrics disagree with your original point.

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