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"..Tech companies are crying that Americans aren't buying new phones fast enough to keep the economy stimulated. Wages have been stagnant for, what, 44 years and you've got the gall to keep raising prices and cry we're not buying enough?

I don't think you should reward this sh-it with a click but, in case you must, I've got a barely tweaked URL to save you the trouble I already spent looking up the article.

source: cnbc DOT com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html .."

I just bought my wife a new iphone for Christmas. Now I hate her, Apple and Christmas and the thing hasn't even been delivered yet. These phones are emblematic with everything that has gone wrong with humanity.  I don't even carry mine anymore. It the cheapest version of whatever iphone was happening ten years ago. No one that I want to talk to or that actually has business with me is going to call me on the phone. I leave it in my desk drawer with the ringer muted. Every few days I erase all the calls and messages. Pretty much every single call and 80% of the texts I get are ads, political garbage or scams.  'smart phone' = 100% bullshit.