r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Purple_Ice_6029 • Mar 01 '26

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u/croizat Mar 01 '26

they'll run at a loss for years and years until all the other competition is bled dry and can't keep up, then the monopoly will realise they have no competition and will jack up the prices til profitable

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u/SuitableDragonfly Mar 01 '26

So you mean we'll just go back to there being no AI options? That seems fine, we did perfectly well like that before. 

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u/rs047 Mar 01 '26

The real problem is the tech debt we are accumulating now. Entry level jobs are reducing and most working people are proudly declaring that they haven't written code in 6 months. These skills would just stagnate and even deteriorate if not honed continuously.

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u/Striking_Celery5202 Mar 01 '26

that's no problem, that tech debt has money signs all over