Jobs is Tech Jesus, but Antennagate is only recorded in one of the apocryphal books
It could also be swapped out for nothing. The people in charge could figure out that this stuff is costing more than it's making, turn the servers off, and deactivate the user-facing features or leave them as vestigial stubs.
There's more evidence right now for that scenario, and it would generate an awful lot of e-waste. Tell me, are you up to date on process improvements for recycling or repurposing that much e-waste?
what if I continually remind it to be flatulent instead? has anyone tried that?
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(how far are we from this actually happening?)
Do you think they will manage to issue a coherent Incredible Journey post before their mugshot turns up in their local newspaper?
At the very least, the supply chain of meth is likely to be more robust than the supply chain for GMO mouth bacteria.
We are, of course, assuming that the author continues to "micro"dose.