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.
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/
My first terror movie was The Shining when I was 5-7 and after that nothing was too scary to be honest. I remember my mum telling me that there was a whole bunch of people working behind what we see and that made it easier. I am still a fan of horror movies and I enjoy a good scare!
Tables have a bet limit. But there is no limit to how much you can lose.
It never made much sense to begin with in those measuring units anyway.
If you are talking about Germany, yes. I recently (3 years) moved to Germany and I love the tech. I can avoid having contact with the rude people that usually work at the tills.
I am a software developer, I do not read emails. If something is so important that I should know about it someone will hit me up on ms teams or such.