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tripleee • yesterday at 6:39 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Demand for products comes from the consumer, not the producer. This trend happened a long time ago, with parents giving their kids a tablet to avoid actually parenting.

Maybe it's making the best of bad parents


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ArcHound • yesterday at 6:44 PM

Not always. AI is being pushed on plenty of people. Let's just say that not all products serve consumers and there's room for regulation.

Even if I want to buy uranium, I shouldn't. And if I want to buy a chair, I shouldn't be seeing only uranium chairs.

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1shooner • yesterday at 6:54 PM

This is also a great argument for low-tar cigarettes for children.

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layer8 • yesterday at 6:41 PM

I thought that people don't know what they want until you show it to them? They thought they wanted faster horsies but Amazon gave them noxious cars?

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