I agree, now that the technology has advanced enough for phones/tablets to be powerful and comfortable enough for most people's use cases, PCs are increasingly being used only for (relatively) niche purposes.
It's important to note, though, that the entire mobile category of devices couldn't exist without PCs, since that's where the mobile apps are developed, websites are built, and the whole infrastructure is maintained. PCs aren't dying, their install base and market share is being dwarfed by the massive number of regular people for whom mobile devices provide a better solution for computing tasks.
I think both Microsoft and Apple is sobering up to this fact with fewer wanting to pay for unnecessary OS updates that only applies to high-end systems or likewise high-end users having to pay for unnecessary updates that only applies to low-end users.
I agree, now that the technology has advanced enough for phones/tablets to be powerful and comfortable enough for most people's use cases, PCs are increasingly being used only for (relatively) niche purposes.
It's important to note, though, that the entire mobile category of devices couldn't exist without PCs, since that's where the mobile apps are developed, websites are built, and the whole infrastructure is maintained. PCs aren't dying, their install base and market share is being dwarfed by the massive number of regular people for whom mobile devices provide a better solution for computing tasks.
I think both Microsoft and Apple is sobering up to this fact with fewer wanting to pay for unnecessary OS updates that only applies to high-end systems or likewise high-end users having to pay for unnecessary updates that only applies to low-end users.