Reddit Thread Half-Jokes About $1/Hour Median Digital Wages by 2030 as Software Becomes 'Air'
dupa1234s · reddit · 2026-09-24
A Reddit user posted a half-joking, half-serious scenario: if everyone floods the world with open-source software and content until every boomer has a personalized 'life-OS' and infinite feeds, and SaaS gets killed, the digital economy collapses into just AWS, NVDA, TSMC and power — because software becomes as cheap as air.
The serious question: with a 2030 horizon, what's the timeline for non-technical users to adopt a 'technical' workflow (defined as using agents, harness, docker, skills, github rather than knowing how to code)? The author also worries robotics will make earning even harder. Self-described as partly joke, partly conviction and fantasy.
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