• AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    There may be a time in the future when the entire internet as it is now could fit on whatever people have instead of cell phones in a few hundred years.

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      7 months ago

      And when that future comes, Apple will still manage to fill 50% of your space up with god-knows-what.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Doubtful. Corporations seem to have a lifespan of 150 to 200 years at most. IBM may manage to break the 150 mark, but they are already losing market share. The cracks are showing in Apple only a decade after Steve Jobs died. I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple, Google, and Meta are all gone before they hit the 100 year mark, the latter two may not make it to 50