Fallow periods in consumer technology: Difference between revisions
Created page with "TODO: Write it "Consumer technology" meaning that the technology was generally available to the public for a reasonable cost. The Concorde example stretches this definition, but I'm leaving it. Examples: * '''Photography''' was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s * '''Music sound quality''' dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs. * '''Transatlantic crossing times'..." |
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TODO: Write it
"Consumer technology" meaning that the technology was generally available to the public for a reasonable cost. The Concorde example stretches this definition, but I'm leaving it.
Examples:
- Photography was cheaper but worse quality in the late 90s and early 2000s
- Music sound quality dropped in the late 90s and early 2000s because people used peer-to-peer networks to download 128kbps MP3s, rather than CDs.
- Transatlantic crossing times: When the Concorde was flying, London to NYC was 3.5 hours. When it was decommissioned, the fastest that a member of the public could get between the two cities went up to 8 hours. historical crossing times for ocean liners here.