In the United States, the average expected life span (replacement cycle length) of consumer and enterprise smartphones was similar in 2023, with smartphones in the consumer segment having a life span of around 2.67 and 2.54 years, respectively.
Yes, but no.
He's worth $340b, that's not his annual salary.
But, it's hard to find an equivalent for a normal American, because so many people have a net worth of zero or less because of loans or mortgages.
If you wanted something salary-like for Musk, you could use the change in his net worth over time. That also has major limitations because it fluctuates so wildly. His net worth has gone up more than $150b since this time last year, but it's down about $100b in just the last quarter.
This is incredible - take a minute to check this one out. It's a hand-animated interactive website with a ton of animation references, it scrolls in several directions, you can click anywhere and it references with a link. Scroll around-- it's wild.
And thanks to @fyr boosting @starhawk that got me to spot it!
#animation #InteractiveWebsites #HandAnimated #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #art #UniqueWebsites
highly related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
tldr:
the more we get, the more we use. applicable to anything rly: land, coal, income, workforce, whatever influx there is.
if it's 'cheap' it will be used/claimed/exhausted as much as trivially possible :(