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minus-square@Damage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoThe incentive Is supposed to be competition among manufacturers, something is preventing that
minus-squareatoccilinkfedilinkEnglish18•5 months agoSchools have lists of approved models for standardized test taking. If students (the largest market) can’t use your calculator, making one is probably not going to be profitable.
minus-squarePatapon EnjoyerlinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoCase in point: I just looked for graphing calculators on aliexpress and they’re like 10 bucks
minus-square@Cort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoLol the app on my phone that replicates the TI layout was only $5
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIf you can get a copy of the ROM, or have access to a real calculator, you can get an emulator rubning actual software for free.
The incentive Is supposed to be competition among manufacturers, something is preventing that
Schools have lists of approved models for standardized test taking. If students (the largest market) can’t use your calculator, making one is probably not going to be profitable.
Case in point: I just looked for graphing calculators on aliexpress and they’re like 10 bucks
Lol the app on my phone that replicates the TI layout was only $5
If you can get a copy of the ROM, or have access to a real calculator, you can get an emulator rubning actual software for free.