General Discussion

Sure, you can buy a Microsoft, Apple, Android, or ChromeOS device but you don't truly own it. Building powerful computers from components or converting existing machines to operating systems that actually belong to you, the user, is increasingly difficult -- ranging from the nearly impossible with cell phones to the merely difficult with desktop computers.

In the modern world our personal electronic devices act as terminals connected to giant data centers owned by someone else. I'm not confident this will change whether or not the AI bubble bursts. The data centers will still be hungry, diverting powerful microprocessors and memory from consumer markets.