They're inconceivably useful, the perfect size for everything
i'm sorry but i will never be convinced that Other People's Computers are a vaguely responsible business strategy in any medium sized organization
"Portland is so fucked because of its useless leftist government!"
Buddy.......................
In fact, I'd argue that investors — not just those backing pre-IPO businesses, but also those investing in public companies — have become entirely disconnected from production, to the point that an alarming amount of modern business is done to please investors over customers, turning product strategy into a form of symbolic marketing. Our economy isn't one that produces things to be used, but things that increase usage — and the result is the public decay of creativity and innovation.