Post #3097996

2025-08-28 14:51 UTC

ridiculous premise, obviously. because if computers were extensible, efficient, easy-to-use machines that people can use to make things and solve problems, people wouldn't need to buy new devices every year to keep up with the system requirements of their software subscriptions

Replies (5)

@haitchfive@oldbytes.space 2025-08-28 14:53

@aparrish@friend.camp Moore's Law of capitalist production.

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@brennen@federation.p1k3.com 2025-08-28 15:16

@aparrish@friend.camp these days the web's conceptual lineage from hypercard does feel like one of recent history's crueler jokes.

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@JamesWidman@mastodon.social 2025-08-28 16:46

@aparrish@friend.camp also, that would not help billionaires to solve the problem where, once every couple/few years, they need to buy a new superyacht that is marginally more luxurious than their current & previous superyachts

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@thamesynne@dragon.style 2025-08-28 21:39

@aparrish@friend.camp also, there's the question of what to do with the other $499,950,000,000

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@antifuchs@weirder.earth 2025-08-29 02:28

@aparrish@friend.camp but maybe if we spend enough money on them, someone makes physical cards out of cardstock with functional hyperlinks on them (or the acclaimed computer adventure game Myst, that would be nice too)

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