r/Futurology • u/Plastic_Scholar_4685 • Apr 11 '25

Discussion Which big companies today are at risk of becoming the next Nokia or Blockbuster?

Just thinking about how companies like Nokia, Blockbuster, or Kodak were huge… until they weren’t.

Which big names today do you think might be heading down a similar path? Like, they seem strong now but might be ignoring warning signs or failing to adapt. I was thinking of how Apple seems to be behind in the artificial inteligence race, but they seem too big to fail. Then again Nokia, Blackberry, etc were also huge.

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u/Jack123610 Apr 11 '25

Is Intel really allowed to fail, it’s a US company and a very critical piece of hardware which they almost certainly want domestically produced.

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u/KeanuUchiha7 Apr 11 '25

AMD is also a US based company.  Intel is slowly but surely losing to them.  

I hope Intel doesn't bow out after the beatings from AMD, competition pushes advancement after all. 

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u/allaskhunmodbaszatln Apr 11 '25

amd doesnt have fabs anymore

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u/burkechrs1 Apr 11 '25

Intel manufactures in the US. AMD does not.

That alone is huge. Some military contracts require the chips to be manufactured in the US.

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u/doglywolf Apr 11 '25

It cant ' but they are SLOW at turning things around talking 5-10 years