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David Pierce

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The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I would just say the history of Windows getting that right for long periods of time is not super strong.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Yeah, and I think as we just heard from Ashley, the other thing people wanted to do with Windows was build gaming PCs, and now you can't because of AI.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Perfect segue.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like we were talking about with Ross and Ashley, the pricing apocalypse continues to apocalypse.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

There was a bunch of news on this front this week, and I think I pulled a few of these out because they are exceedingly mainstream things, right?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

We've talked in the past about

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

like building gaming PCs or Raspberry Pis or things that are less sort of in most people's day-to-day life.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

But like Samsung is making Galaxy phones more expensive for RAM reasons because memory is expensive.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Microsoft is hiking the price of the Surface Pro and the Surface laptop.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Meta raised the price of the Quest 3.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

All of this is just, this stuff is too expensive.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

The prices keep going up.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

YouTube Premium got more expensive this week.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

That sucks.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

That's not a memory problem.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

That just sucks.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

That one particularly sucks.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Wait, why?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I agree, but I want to know why you're mad.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

YouTube Premium, not YouTube TV.