That’s a tricky one, depending on the project. We have seen in the past hardware prices being used to also fund a token.

It’s almost like a pyramid scheme if it can’t take off on its own and the hardware sales/hype slows down.

Prices should go down esp if they use old pcs

We could probably do it ourselves if they give us the instructions 😁

Prices will remain the same - that is how it works for electronic devices.

Prices do come down with time, as production volumes increase and as factory yields improve, however this savings goes to the company and not the cusomter.

Think about it with your cellphones, TVs, home appliances (generalizing here). The prices DO come down eventually, but this is only after a new generation of device is available, or rarely if a company overproduced a device and the demand is too little.

For depin it is going to be similar, but with these depin projects they aren’t pumping out new versions of their devices year-to-year, and when they do they genenally adjust the earnings from the device to compensate as opposed to the device itself, assuming they continue to sell the old device. Most projects just stop selling the old version and transition to the new, which is usually more expensive than the previous generation (cuz new features, usually).

Lastly a lot of these depin projects make their initial income by selling the device, especially before they have real revenue sources…and as we know there are only a very few projects that have real sustainable product revenue from the data/services they are providing.

tldr; don’t expect depin projects to reduce the cost of the miner

I think a lot of this will depend on earnings related to the device. If the current price the hardware has an “Acceptable” ROI people will pay the price. If a devices ROI pushes 18-24+months I believe people will pause.

Some are and some aren’t.