All for an AI bubble that will tank a lot of our retirement savings. Thanks capitalism.
It's rich people. AI is the current excuse. I hate this notion that if we got rid of AI we solve the issue. No, the rich people are still there and they'll find a new thing to suck everyone's lives with.
I keep coming back around to it in therapy, but what are we supposed to do?
Nobody is coming to save us.
All I can conclude is all we have is the use of violence to stop their violence against us.
Tried and true across history. The rich divide and decimate community to ensure collective action is harder. A general strike could fix things without violence, but that is unlikely in this climate. Change can come from far fewer people with violence, but it’s a bigger gamble.
Look at January 6th as an example. The government feared Trump’s power over his followers too much to prosecute him properly. The GOP all fell in line with him due in large part to fear. Had January 6th not happened, I highly doubt he would have gotten a second crack at the presidency.
I still can't believe the nation looked at Trump and went "yeah lets let the mob boss have a turn" and then decided "you know what, let him have another go" a second time.
Fall of rome wasn't this fuckin' quick or hilarious. I'd link the FriendlyJordies video comparing the recent nonsense with Idiocracy and its almost shot for shot at this point, but he's taken it down as a result of going through the US border for a tour.. What a wild time to be alive...
I still can’t believe the nation looked at Trump and went “yeah
The Merican Epstein Empire was forged by violence and are now dying in a frantic cramp. We now get a unique glimpse into how these Epstein psychos think, how their world works, and what they have envisioned for our future.
I know buddy, I know.
I'm very aware that the imperial boomerang has come home.
You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
-- Malcolm X
I mean, yea. All those years of hearing being peaceful is what makes change was just propaganda.
All I can conclude is all we have is the use of violence to stop their violence against us.
I don't know if you realize how incredibly violent that sentence was ?
..so, I'll just repeat it here once more to make sure everyone gets it ! Good insight, thanks man..
What happened to Alex Pretti was pretty violent.
Nobody is coming to save you.
The system of capitalism is quiet violence every day, a pervasive exploitation of the working class and marginalized social groups. To fight back against it requires violence because this system was created and is enforced by violence. I'll never hand-wring about somebody suggesting this obvious route of struggle against the systems of oppression, this form of self defense, when we watch social murder and direct violence committed by the capitalist state happen every day; nor should you.
If no one is coming to save us, no one ks coming to stop us either
There is an entire profession dedicated to stopping violence against capital
I wholeheartedly agree. It’s why I put “Thanks capitalism” because the capitalist system inevitably creates ever richer people at the expense of society.
It's also what made your retirement savings go up so fast. You win some, you lose some.
what makes you think retirement going up for ten mins now means it wont tank in the next 30 when i need it? all “up now” means is those who can pull are able to. reliance on bubbles is not how this is supposed to work.
14-inch MacBook Pro: $1,999 from $1,699
16-inch MacBook Pro: $2,999 from $2,499
MacBook Air: $1,299 from $1,099
iPad: $449 from $349
iPad Air: $749 from $599
iPad Mini: $599 from $499
11-inch iPad Pro: $1,199 from $999
13-inch iPad Pro: $1,499 from $1,299
iMac: $1,499 from $1,299
M4 Max Mac Studio: $2,499 from $1,999
HomePod: $349 from $299
HomePod Mini: $129 from $99
Apple TV: $199 from $129
Vision Pro: $3,699 from $3,499
Also very strange, if you try to upgrade RAM or storage, it doesn't show you the prices, you have to click "see pricing and changes" and a new dialog window opens showing you only the price of the complete device with the upgrade you selected. It doesn't even tell you the price of the upgrade. If you want to see the others you have to go back and select each individually and open a new dialog box and do math again. So weird.
They don't want the bad press of openly gouging people for that, especially with how bad prices are already.
They didn't seem to mind the bad press for the last 20 years...
Quite true; this seems to be the standard practice, however, for companies when they want to keep the high prices hidden from casual viewing and commentary.
Apple TV got one of the biggest percent increase looks like from just a quick scan.
I bet they’ve been waiting to increase that one.
Funny enough, the other day when the Steam Machine pricing was announced, I noted that where Valve are charging £90 per 500gb for storage when upgrading from 500gb to 2tb, Apple were charging £267 per 500gb for the same upgrade in an iPad Pro.
That has now changed.
Apple are now charging £300 per 500gb when upgrading from a 500gb ipad to a 2tb iPad.
Three. Hundred. Pounds.
Yeah with those prices you’d expect the ram/storage inflation was already taken into account…
No! Not the Vision Pro!
Apple users are the least likely segment to stop buying the product even if they increase price by 500$. "Expensive and exclusive" is part of the brand.
"Expensive and exclusive" is part of the brand.
That’s why the MacBook Neo is putting up numbers, because it’s expensive and exclusive. /s
IME Apple phones often end up cheaper over the life of the device because they get updates for 5+ years. Not everyone needs a Pro with maxed out specs. They’re hardly exclusive, either; have you seen how common they are? Every other person in the states has an iPhone. They’re often giving them away with cell phone plans. Getting a previous gen iPhone is probably one of the best values because it’s still fast and will be supported for years to come, but it’s significantly discounted.
That’s why the MacBook Neo is putting up numbers, because it’s expensive and exclusive. /s
To be fair that's a pretty new development along with the M series chips. Before then Apple stuff has always been the more expensive and overpriced choice.
Than what? A Dell XPS costs just as much. As a bonus it throttles just as much as the Intel machines.
I love my 600USD m4/16GB/256GB air sooo much. Last Mac I got was a 15” pro for like 2500USD 15 years ago and it still runs great (maxed out ram and added an SSD tho). I’ll keep this air forever, and it murders any other laptop at 600 dollars hahaha. Looks like I snagged it at a perfect time.
So ummm when is it bursting?
Dammit. Just as I was about to upgrade.
They realised poor people were starting to use their products. Oh, absolutely not...
Or their incoming RAM and SSD prices went up 500%. Hard to tell.
the neo is still a relatively new product. the increase on it was probably planned from the beginning.
Yeah, can’t go with Neo. Was about to move to a Macbook Pro, but now… damn this is gonna hurt.
I'm due for a laptop refresh at work in a couple months. Used to happen every 3 years when the warranty ended, but they extended it 6 months because of price increases. The irony here is not lost upon me. I hope they don't extend it another 6 months. Or cheap out on the specs. Or both.
They will give you a Chromebook and a Citrix connection.
Good luck. At my shop, we extended from a 36-month refresh cycle to "when the hardware is no longer capable of running a supported operating system".
SMBs can't absorb these hardware costs.
Crazy expensive
I bought the best computer, loaded it with ram. And a new iPad Pro back in December when I first heard discussion about shortages. Thank fucking God for that.
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