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Re:Best Buy Geek Squad employees report mass layoffs by Vegenoid on Monday April 08, 2024 @12:48PM (#39971524)
> Everywhere I’ve ever worked, “important computer-related stuff” has been done on computers with large monitors and external keyboards.

Geek Squad is not IT support for businesses, it's IT support for consumers. Consumers definitely have had computer usage/necessity displaced by phones. Many consumers will now only have a computer through their work or school, and those will have their own IT.

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Re:Best Buy Geek Squad employees report mass layoffs by ipaddr on Monday April 08, 2024 @03:51PM (#39973072)
89% of Americans have a home computer. 97% have a phone. 8%.
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Re:Best Buy Geek Squad employees report mass layoffs by Vegenoid on Thursday April 18, 2024 @05:00PM (#40080655)
I'd be interested to see usage stats, as I'll bet the discrepancy there is way larger. I have a number of non-technical friends who own a laptop, but use it once every few months, or longer, because the things they used to need it for they can now do on their phone.
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