Can’t someone come up with alternatives to ios and android. They got so skummy
if youre from europe you could give jolla (sailfishos) a shot. another alternative would be volla (ubuntu touch). no idea if they sell globally tho.
keep in mind that both operating systems are not widely adopted and you may have issues with banking apps or government id-apps. but theyre the best bet to get out from big tech without using a dumb phone.
The path Tim Cook(and all his rich friends) are on is going to be unavoidable for them soon enough. Keep pushing AI my friend. The more you push the better the result Tim.
I see the new definition of “unavoidable” has just dropped.
The AI-driven price increases:
Tech CEOs: Shove AI in everything they do
Ram Prices: Skyrocket to account for AI usage
Tech CEOs: Price raises are unavoidable!
Heaven forbid their margins be lowered. 46% is barely scraping by!
AI isn’t driving up prices. Oligarchs are. And they aren’t using their own money but our retirement funds to do it.
Ai is just a tool. One that is being built out because the billionaires demand it. They are already wielding this tool to bludgeon the masses.
Maybe we were askng for it by dressing that way.
I guess there’s going to have to be a law, since the perpetrators just can’t control themselves.
Bah, maybe in some backwater European country like Germany or France, no laws in Freedomville™ America, Laws are for COMMIES who hate capitalism!
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It’s everything with any memory or processing onboard.
I’m seeing it in my industry, devices are increasing in price every quarter to 6 months. These all cost businesses more money than even a year ago, and those costs will be passed to us.
It’s easy to call Apple out, but understand that any device in your house with any memory from robot vacuums to home surveillance cameras to routers are all affected by this drain of chips and components.
Hmm…I don’t own a car so I can avoid high gas prices. I think I can safely stay away from AI and save the big bucks. Forced adoption of AI sounds so “mark of the beast” to me.
The price increases will trickle to you in some form
Demand for electricity will raise electricity prices, and demand for gas to run the electricity plants will raise heating costs.
Demand for RAM makes the price of even Rapsberry Pi go up. The AI bubble is the tail wagging the economy dog.
Maybe a little, but the rise in the costs of AI will make a huge number of people to stop using it since it’s not that life changing, bringing the prices down again.
Because the cost of memory is driving up device prices.
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