New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

Post by FeloniousHam » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC

a2ff6eeb0 wrote: post #83

brightball wrote: post #79

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Capitalism will lead to: - Lots of options competing on quality, price, user experience, user needs - Every marketplace innovation that we talk about on this platform So somebody might offer exactly that and if it's a good option, people will use it. If it's not, they'll use an alternative. Government regulation will lead to: - Giant entrenched companies that are difficult to disrupt thanks to insider connections - L…

*gestures at prices*

Post by AISnakeOil » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC

datakan wrote: post #75

iamacyborg wrote: post #73

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> What will happen once people are priced out of buying computers? I find this worrying. I’m sure some kind capitalist will be happy to rent them a thin client linked to a computer in the cloud.

Apple is already leasing phones/computers..........

Post by brightball » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

easywood wrote: post #90

brightball wrote: post #79

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Capitalism will lead to: - Lots of options competing on quality, price, user experience, user needs - Every marketplace innovation that we talk about on this platform So somebody might offer exactly that and if it's a good option, people will use it. If it's not, they'll use an alternative. Government regulation will lead to: - Giant entrenched companies that are difficult to disrupt thanks to insider connections - L…

So, government regulation will lead to all bad things we see today in capitalism? But capitalism won't. This is not very sound logic.

Post by LeBit » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #79

iamacyborg wrote: post #73

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> What will happen once people are priced out of buying computers? I find this worrying. I’m sure some kind capitalist will be happy to rent them a thin client linked to a computer in the cloud.

Capitalism will lead to: - Lots of options competing on quality, price, user experience, user needs - Every marketplace innovation that we talk about on this platform So somebody might offer exactly that and if it's a good option, people will use it. If it's not, they'll use an alternative. Government regulation will lead to: - Giant entrenched companies that are difficult to disrupt thanks to insider connections - L…

Post by brightball » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC

thesuitonym wrote: post #102

brightball wrote: post #79

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Capitalism will lead to: - Lots of options competing on quality, price, user experience, user needs - Every marketplace innovation that we talk about on this platform So somebody might offer exactly that and if it's a good option, people will use it. If it's not, they'll use an alternative. Government regulation will lead to: - Giant entrenched companies that are difficult to disrupt thanks to insider connections - L…

> Government regulation will lead to: > > - Giant entrenched companies that are difficult to disrupt thanks to insider connections Oh, you mean like Apple, Google, and Microsoft? > - Lack of competition, price increases, terrible customer service and pretty much everything that "anti-capitalists" today complain about in regards to capitalism. Have you looked around? This is already happening.