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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by creative_name3 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:00PM (#46928569)
A lot of iPhone users will be given a subscription via their job. If they still have a job at that point.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by doodlebugging on Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:10PM (#46928647)
This is true though I think even if the employer provides all this on a per employee basis, the number of eligible employees, after everyone who stands to lose a job because of a shift to AI tools, will be low enough that each employee will need to add a lot of value for this to be worth it to an employer so the stated number is probably way too low. Ordinary people may just migrate from Apple products to something that is more affordable or, in the extreme case, walk away from the whole surveillance economy. Those people would not buy into any of this.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by watwut on Saturday February 07, 2026 @06:33PM (#46929476)
Why are they not getting the iPhones paid by employers now?