But shareholder value!

Bro Spotify is number one there.

I think you absolutely nailed the analysis. Another small point to keep in mind is that for Microsoft, all the investment in OpenAi comes back as a revenue figure when the system works operating on top of the Azure platform.

Man, I miss the treasure of a human that was Steve...

That's already there since a couple of years.

While there is a lot of sense on what you say, I prefer the class distinctions made by Karl Marx because it does not factor economic differences between workers. He defined classes in 3 groups, independently of their money. It only depends on their relation to the means of production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxian_class_theory

And exactly to prove your point I want to mention phone cases with a cutout so you can see the apple logo.

hahahaha this is why I pay my internets

Fortunately for us we make a lot of money so we don't look at prices.

I just don't read news and I try to focus on my own life instead. Try to put social media to minimum/

Hype x 1000.

I am lucky enough that I fall deep asleep in any position, shape, or form.