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edhopper

(37,666 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:44 AM 9 hrs ago

You're going to pay more for lots of things. Blame AI. [View all]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/you-re-going-to-pay-more-for-lots-of-things-blame-ai/ar-AA267Mi7

We've gotten used to lots of reasons for higher prices: Remember supply chains? Tariffs?
Now we're getting a new one: AI data centers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of many corporate leaders who say the AI boom is pushing their costs way up — and they're going to pass those costs onto consumers.


They are spending hundreds of billions on something we didn't want or ask for. Something we don't need. Something that will take work away from people and not do as good a job.

And now they want us to pay for it.

How very Trumpian.

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Boycotting AI is not hard. Jirel 9 hrs ago #1
I do edhopper 9 hrs ago #2
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