Indeed performance has become less important since it reached some kind of plateau for the moment. So things that were secondary in the past like stability, sec

Indeed performance has become less important since it reached some kind of plateau for the moment. So things that were secondary in the past like stability, security and customizability become more important, that's were Open Source chips come in. When buying a new computer or Smartphone, there are now plenty of startups selling decent devices that are effectively on par with brand laptops. When Linux is of interest, it's just a matter of time until it becomes available on the particular configuration. Honestly, I therefore think the reverse development will further continue. Big brands will have an even harder time convincing people to buy their devices. Of course the economy might become more stagnant, on the other hand people might have to work less and be able to invest more time into other ideas - even if those aren't that profitable. There are also already stagnant economies, for example Japan. There seems to be no correlation between growing/stagnant and inequality in terms of the Gini index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_eq...