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Saying the phone is over because of AI is like saying websites are over because of AI. Frankly, complete nonsense.
by samtp 1y ago
Saying the phone is over because of AI is like saying websites are over because of AI. Frankly, complete nonsense.
- neom 1y agoNothing to do with AI. Phone is over because the phone is over, AI or not, young people have no interest in telephones and apple are laurels resting. https://www.skygroup.sky/article/call-declined- https://www.skygroup.sky/article/call-declined-
- askafriend 1y agoBy that metric, "Phone" has been over the moment iPhone was released. Because it's a computer, not a phone. Its been over for almost 2 decades so not sure what the point of calling that out is.
- neom 1y agoWell I wasn't quite old enough to compete in big business then, and even if I was, the smart phone needed to get long enough in the tooth that alternative communication continuities became robust, that time is in and around... now.
- noir_lord 1y agoA device with 96% market share in the developed and developing world, that is also a fashion item, that most adults spend a good chunk of their waking life staring at… is over. I do love HN at times, I really do. In my case smart phones never started, I did and do find the form factor aggravating for everything but phone calls and reading but they aren’t remotely over.
- neom 1y agoOver does not mean dead, the fax machine is long over, doesn't mean it's dead. The phone will take a long time to die, but it's certainly over for the phone.
- noir_lord 1y agoSo your definition of over is something that will die at some point in time. Guess the Earth is over because in a few billion years the Sun will expand.
- neom 1y agoSome helpful reading for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=technology+adoption+curve https://www.google.com/search?q=technology+adoption+curve https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/what-is-trend https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/what-...
- noir_lord 1y agoWould be helpful if it had anything to do with what we are discussing. If you’d have said saturated I may have agreed but the adoption curve flattens because everyone who will adopt it has adopted it. By that (and your apparent) definition of over, houses are over, microwaves are over, cookers are over, electricity is over…
- jes5199 1y ago> A device with 96% market share in the developed and developing world honestly that sounds ripe for disruption