▲ 710 ▼ 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells (apnews.com) submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago Exactly right. As such, any bleating about markets being driven by "consumer choice" is either hopelessly out of date / embarrassingly naive - or malicious. Just as consumer sales are a rounding error, so is consumer choice - it's a direct relationship. This extends a lot farther than the AI bubble, we have allowed corporations to merge and monopolize, and "investors" to gamble on it all, to where they completely invert the relationship. They shape our experience by constraining choice, dictating only options with profit margins and heinous licensing terms that work exclusively and overwhelmingly in their favor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago Exactly right. As such, any bleating about markets being driven by "consumer choice" is either hopelessly out of date / embarrassingly naive - or malicious. Just as consumer sales are a rounding error, so is consumer choice - it's a direct relationship. This extends a lot farther than the AI bubble, we have allowed corporations to merge and monopolize, and "investors" to gamble on it all, to where they completely invert the relationship. They shape our experience by constraining choice, dictating only options with profit margins and heinous licensing terms that work exclusively and overwhelmingly in their favor. permalink fedilink source parent