@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party you said customers will suffer.
It doesn't matter how cheaply a machine can run, it shouldn't be hard to outcompete an offer of suffering.
You seem to be overlooking the most important part of the equation here, the value offered to the customer.
If I offer to punch you in the nose, and assuming you don't want that, does it really matter how cheaply I can punch you in the nose using a robot?
You proposed that customers will suffer. Well, offer them something better than suffering.