AI is killing the cheap smartphone

Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by twoodfin on Friday May 22, 2026 @06:49AM (#48234154)

Are US retirement accounts largely growing on the back of “companies which extract monopoly rent”?

That seems outlandish. My iPhone isn’t “rent”, neither is an Nvidia GPU, or an Instagram ad.

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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by ajb on Friday May 22, 2026 @01:16PM (#48238690)

The argument works at the margin as well, though. Suppose companies deliver value X and also extract rent Y, and defend Y on the basis that it would threaten the value of pensions to prevent it - this is rebutted in the same way.

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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone by twoodfin on Friday May 22, 2026 @01:21PM (#48238752)

I don’t get the point you’re trying to make.

What if X >> Y? Why should we think otherwise?

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