People walk by an An Apple store in lower Manhattan on June 25, 2026 after Apple raised the prices of the iPad and MacBook, blaming rising costs of memory and storage chips.
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Public ire toward AI keeps growing as the data center boom continues to hit people’s pockets. Chris Person joins Paris Marx to discuss the soaring cost of consumer electronics, including why prices are unlikely to fall anytime soon, and how people can experiment with homespun cyberpunk tech.
Chris Person is a cofounder of Aftermath and makes Highlight Reel.
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