So you're saying the 5 million truck drivers that will soon be out of work should all become handymen? At some point these industries will become saturated and that handyman who has a 6 month waiting list now will be working for $10 an hour and begging for jobs. That handyman can command a certain wage now because there are enough people in other industries who have not chosen that path. One would need to look deeply into whether the remaining industries can survive the massive influx of new entrants or not. It is questionable whether a 55 year old truck driver will even be able to reeducate his/herself effectively. Most people who choose to be a handyman do it because they find they have a natural talent for it. At the very least they're going to be taking a massive pay cut and decrease in the quality of living.
A big problem is that the unemployment numbers won't manifest themselves as a problem until the very very end. So many people here saying "it's ok that company X provides a crappy job because it's better to work than not". Well that's true, but people who are working increasingly crappy jobs by necessity aren't being registered as unemployed. Recently in the article about Amazon creating 100,000 jobs I got modded down for suggesting that the quality of the jobs matter, but I think it is crucial that job quality be tracked because otherwise we're just masking the problem by creating a workforce of increasingly more desperate people, which gives the corporations more power while not registering in the numbers at all.
You should also mention to them that salaries depend more and more on living in a hot spot like Silicon Valley, and then you are more than likely to pay with expensive living and a long commute. It's fine I guess for a young single person but not for someone who wants to start a family.
It would work. You're assuming the "lazy" will have as much as the people who work have, but no one is suggesting that. The lazy will still have motivation to work because they will be barely living on what they are giving, and the people who work will have nice things and a more comfortable life.
This is the first time in history where the whole point was to not employ people. Previously it was a matter of profiting by employing people, today that is considered a terrible business plan.
The fact of the matter is, a family that holds 10% of the wealth of a nation will survive comfortably no matter where they are. In fact, having desperate workers will only serve them better. Look at the trends.. Uber, Amazon, a new progression in treating people like crap. Whether you like unions or not, this is the outcome of their erosion.
The whole point of automating is to not have to employ people. Companies won't buy 100 robots if it takes 100 people to keep them going, that doesn't make sense. It only makes sense if the cost of the human is negligible with regards to the work that the robots can do, which automatically means those repairman jobs you're talking about will be scarce.
Why would the wealthy change how capitalism works? It serves them just fine! All they need is enough money to build a barrier between them and the starving and a way to import goods directly from other countries. Drones should be advanced enough to move goods from international shipping hubs by then, and land right in their compounds.
As long as the cord is long enough you just let it hang. I have seen many people doing this, I've done it. Why do you have so much trouble with it? Maybe it's a special snowflake issue. I can understand if you're in a gym and you're lying down to do bench press or something, but you just let it hang and it doesn't get in the way unless your cord is twice as long as you are tall or something.
How is it better? Wireless headphones give you something else that needs to be charged frequently, and their life span is limited to the life of the battery. Far more inconvenient for many uses and much worse for the environment since they are basically now a consumable. The provided lightning connector headphones are obviously also far less convenient for anyone except those only using them on the phone. Dongles are something else to keep with you and lose.
There is another way to read this news. I don't buy the concept that these people actually *wanted* wireless because then they would have already been using wireless. Maybe people just wanted the iPhone and while they were neck deep in high tech stats like megapixels and megahertz, didn't think they had to confirm that it had a feature that all phones were previously just assumed to have. Really, brilliant planning on Apples part; when I buy a laptop or computer I don't confirm it has an audio port either but who's to say that it won't? Apple knew people would expect it, and that is precisely they wanted to be the first to move on it. The way I read this statistic is that, upon buying the iPhone 7 people discovered that dongles are really, really inconvenient. This isn't a new love for wireless, this is an old hate for dongles. One that Apple played people into perfectly.
I listen to music when I go to bed at night and I use the alarm to wake up in the morning. Am I supposed to have a special pair of bluetooth headphones that I use at night because then they have to charge during the day after I have used them? If I use the dongle at night and I wake up to my phone at 30% how do I charge it if I am out and about during the day? How do I know if my alarm will even work in the morning?
I think Apple has a high following of people who are have huge tactile sensitivity issues. Maybe the cord lightly flicking against the body feels like a jackhammer for some. That's the only way I can make sense of it.
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So you're saying the 5 million truck drivers that will soon be out of work should all become handymen? At some point these industries will become saturated and that handyman who has a 6 month waiting list now will be working for $10 an hour and begging for jobs. That handyman can command a certain wage now because there are enough people in other industries who have not chosen that path. One would need to look deeply into whether the remaining industries can survive the massive influx of new entrants or not. It is questionable whether a 55 year old truck driver will even be able to reeducate his/herself effectively. Most people who choose to be a handyman do it because they find they have a natural talent for it. At the very least they're going to be taking a massive pay cut and decrease in the quality of living.
A big problem is that the unemployment numbers won't manifest themselves as a problem until the very very end. So many people here saying "it's ok that company X provides a crappy job because it's better to work than not". Well that's true, but people who are working increasingly crappy jobs by necessity aren't being registered as unemployed. Recently in the article about Amazon creating 100,000 jobs I got modded down for suggesting that the quality of the jobs matter, but I think it is crucial that job quality be tracked because otherwise we're just masking the problem by creating a workforce of increasingly more desperate people, which gives the corporations more power while not registering in the numbers at all.
You should also mention to them that salaries depend more and more on living in a hot spot like Silicon Valley, and then you are more than likely to pay with expensive living and a long commute. It's fine I guess for a young single person but not for someone who wants to start a family.
It would work. You're assuming the "lazy" will have as much as the people who work have, but no one is suggesting that. The lazy will still have motivation to work because they will be barely living on what they are giving, and the people who work will have nice things and a more comfortable life.
This is the first time in history where the whole point was to not employ people. Previously it was a matter of profiting by employing people, today that is considered a terrible business plan.
Yes it will be great to have an extra 20 hours a week to not make any money, starve, and watch my family die.
The fact of the matter is, a family that holds 10% of the wealth of a nation will survive comfortably no matter where they are. In fact, having desperate workers will only serve them better. Look at the trends.. Uber, Amazon, a new progression in treating people like crap. Whether you like unions or not, this is the outcome of their erosion.
You know what, screw off. I know what he meant. Lt Mee giv u a braan anneuryssm.
The whole point of automating is to not have to employ people. Companies won't buy 100 robots if it takes 100 people to keep them going, that doesn't make sense. It only makes sense if the cost of the human is negligible with regards to the work that the robots can do, which automatically means those repairman jobs you're talking about will be scarce.
Why would the wealthy change how capitalism works? It serves them just fine! All they need is enough money to build a barrier between them and the starving and a way to import goods directly from other countries. Drones should be advanced enough to move goods from international shipping hubs by then, and land right in their compounds.
So it's right to treat lower-skilled people like slaves?
It's funny to me that people praise Apple as being a premium device maker but don't also hold them to a higher standard in their marketing tactics.
Normal users just seem to be experiencing battery life consistently around half of the advertised 10 hours instead of occasionally varying above.
I guess this means I'm not getting a replacement for a battery that actually lasts 10 hours one day.
I think most people would rather see 10,000 quality jobs added rather than 100,000 verging on slave labor jobs.
As long as the cord is long enough you just let it hang. I have seen many people doing this, I've done it. Why do you have so much trouble with it? Maybe it's a special snowflake issue. I can understand if you're in a gym and you're lying down to do bench press or something, but you just let it hang and it doesn't get in the way unless your cord is twice as long as you are tall or something.
I guess so, but only because of modern day capitalism which depends more upon whether a company can make money from it than if people like it.
How is it better? Wireless headphones give you something else that needs to be charged frequently, and their life span is limited to the life of the battery. Far more inconvenient for many uses and much worse for the environment since they are basically now a consumable. The provided lightning connector headphones are obviously also far less convenient for anyone except those only using them on the phone. Dongles are something else to keep with you and lose.
So what about this is better or even equal?
There is another way to read this news. I don't buy the concept that these people actually *wanted* wireless because then they would have already been using wireless. Maybe people just wanted the iPhone and while they were neck deep in high tech stats like megapixels and megahertz, didn't think they had to confirm that it had a feature that all phones were previously just assumed to have. Really, brilliant planning on Apples part; when I buy a laptop or computer I don't confirm it has an audio port either but who's to say that it won't? Apple knew people would expect it, and that is precisely they wanted to be the first to move on it. The way I read this statistic is that, upon buying the iPhone 7 people discovered that dongles are really, really inconvenient. This isn't a new love for wireless, this is an old hate for dongles. One that Apple played people into perfectly.
So what is included in the box to listen and charge at the same time?
I'm willing to bet that Samsung will at least include an adapter to listen and charge at the same time.
I listen to music when I go to bed at night and I use the alarm to wake up in the morning. Am I supposed to have a special pair of bluetooth headphones that I use at night because then they have to charge during the day after I have used them? If I use the dongle at night and I wake up to my phone at 30% how do I charge it if I am out and about during the day? How do I know if my alarm will even work in the morning?
I think Apple has a high following of people who are have huge tactile sensitivity issues. Maybe the cord lightly flicking against the body feels like a jackhammer for some. That's the only way I can make sense of it.
This just tells me that customers DON"T LIKE DONGLES.
Bread has existed since 1000BC. Are you calling hamburger buns 'legacy' ?