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Tech-rushing! (lemmy.world)

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In second-world countries like mine, we didn't skip technologies much but avoided format wars and just ended up with the winner:

~~Betamax~~ VHS
~~MiniDisc~~ USB flash storage, SD cards
~~iTunes~~ YouTube and pirated MP3s
~~HD DVD~~ Blu-ray − just kidding, piracy again for most
~~Game consoles~~ PC because it's cheaper to stay up-to-date with hardware and games (not everyone though)

If tech moves too fast, people get annoyed. Up until 2008, one could use just about any old TV, perhaps with a UHF-VHF converter and a PAL-decoding mod for SECAM sets. Now that they need a new digital tuner every few years because wireless and video tech is evolving fast and we're no longer staying behind, they keep complaining.