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inkling said:

Apple's Eddy Cue is guessing that the iPhone will eventually be replaced by AI

Did Eddie Cue miss his medications that day? The only way AI will replace phones, including iPhones, is if we all quit talking to one another and spend our time conversing with AI bots. I doubt that will happen, and I wonder about the sanity much less good sense of those who claim otherwise.

Read what he actually said rather than what this article posits:

"You may not need an iPhone 10 years from now as crazy as it sounds," Cue said, as first spotted by Bloomberg. "The only way you truly have true competition is when you have technology shifts."

"Technology shifts create these opportunities," he continued. "AI is a new technology shift, and it's creating new opportunities for new entrants."

He's not saying "AI will replace phones."  He's saying that tech is changing fast, so who knows what we'll be using a decade from now. Generative AI is just an example of technology that seemingly came out of nowhere and is very disruptive.

Including the cost of a 3D printer into the total cost is insane. That’s like saying my groceries cost for the week cost $35,000 because I had to buy a car to get to the store. The cost of this (silly) this is a teeny bit less than the cost of a MacBook, so it’s not entirely insane. 

Thankfully, the markets move faster than the courts.

Facebook's relevance in social media peaked years ago. Likewise with Twitter/X. There is still room for massive disruption and new players.

I'm not excusing companies that use illegal means to maintain monopolies, but the legal system always tends to be 10 years too late and generally ineffective in addressing such issues.

I don't understand this product.

Without Command/Ctrl/Windows/alt/option keys it's essentially useless. Also having the trackball buttons above the trackball? Who would actually (try to) use this keyboard?

Thanks for all the explanations and examples.