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> there’s clearly some collusion between hardware and software makers to help each other out in more ways than just ease of compatibility In Apple's case, the
by hot_gril 4y ago
> there’s clearly some collusion between hardware and software makers to help each other out in more ways than just ease of compatibility
In Apple's case, the hardware and software are by the same company, yet they support their phones the longest of anyone.
> our scam of a financial system is constantly making everything more of a race-to-the-bottom
The money-printing funds weirder things cause it encourages passive investing, I think. Like, the moment they pulled back on that last year, dumb stuff like weird cryptocurrencies and Google's side bets instantly vaporized, but things like the smartphone industry were less affected.
- luxuryballs 4y agoThere’s sort of a thing where you can’t just have a sustainable company because if you don’t increase your profits you end up losing money, just like how not getting a pay raise is actually a pay cut. Inflation seems often glossed over as no big deal in theory but in reality it doesn’t balance out cleanly at all. So basically cutting costs and finding ways to increase profit becomes more than just investor motivated and here we are in the future where labor is expensive (also due to regulatory/liability burden) and materials are cheap so things end up being increasingly boring and stripped away. Just compare architecture from 200 years ago and today and it’s a visual economic metaphor for everything else, and the side-effect of vanishing elegance and culture is like a twisting of the economic dagger.
- dzhiurgis 4y agoOld phones are getting passed on to others and more phones = network effect to sell services. Apple already makes a killing on icloud.