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I don't get why it'd be the "end" of mobile?

• kochikame 7y ago
  Yeah, it just means people are buying devices less frequently "Mobile" (however defined) is obviously not going anywhere. I think it's just a click-bait headline
• Veen 7y ago
  I think it's a reference to Fukuyama's "end of history." It's not that history or mobile computing reached their end, but that the significant conflicts between world views and computing platforms are over. In history, the West won the Cold War. In computing, mobile won.
  • SanchoPanda 7y ago
    I interpretted the title the same way. Link to the essay (1989) below. The book (1992) elaborated on the theme. https://www.embl.de/aboutus/science_society/discussion/discussion_2006/ref1-22june06.pdf https://www.embl.de/aboutus/science_society/discussion/discu...
• Zanni 7y ago
  It's the end of growth in mobile, though he doesn't really make that explicit.
• wvh 7y ago
  It's more clear if you put the quotes differently: the end of "mobile". Since it's mainstream, there's no reason to list it as a separate fringe category.