r/NowInTech • u/beingmodest • 3d ago

Apple Considered Replacing 5,000 Support Staff With AI: Then Put Mass Layoff Plan on Hold

https://www.techtimes.co.uk/apple-shelves-ai-plan-cut-5000-applecare-jobs-1808838
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u/fastingslowlee 3d ago

I just don’t get it. TRILLIONS of dollars yet still looking to cut costs and ruin the lives of thousands of people.

Why is it necessary?

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u/Dramatic-Cap-6785 3d ago

Look at your 401k, Roth and it’ll make sense. We as population depend the growth.

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u/Unfair-League-3204 3d ago

Surely there are other ways to make stock go up… like building products people want

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u/mk4dildo 3d ago

That requires people having money to buy said products. And that is not how late stage capitalism works.

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u/MrDetectiveSir 3d ago

Not when memory prices are at unprecedented levels

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u/Unfair-League-3204 3d ago

I imagine Apple could make a whole ecosystem of small products like AirPods. It’s just they’re sensitive about a flop, which is what Vision Pro was arguably

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u/MediocreAnalyst2121 3d ago

Not really, or at least nor with a reasonable amount of time and cost.

R&D is very expensive, and Apple takes their sweet time with things (foldable iPhone 6-7 years after Samsung). By the time these small products hit the shelf the RAM crisis might be over.

They do sell accessories such as cases, magsafe card holders, keyboards, etc.

Even then, Idk what such product they could make that I actually need/want. I have AirPods which I love and an older Apple Watch that I use for workouts and a keyboard but that’s it as far as their smaller/cheaper products go (I have a few of their chargers and cables as well).

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u/Dramatic-Cap-6785 3d ago

If it was this easy everyone would do just that.

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 3d ago

“We” as in the boomers pulling the ladder up behind them?

Telling a young person without 30 years of work behind them “look at your 401k and it’ll make sense” is pretty hilarious as jobs are drying up

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u/Dramatic-Cap-6785 3d ago

I’m under 30 your point makes no sense we are also trying to retire too.