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by IANAD 3574 days ago
> Go back to fixed function hardware?

Battlestar Galactica phones?

No, but I think we will eventually go to peer-based mesh networks with smarter clients. The reasons are:

1. Mobile devices keep getting faster and have more memory- they aren't and shouldn't be dumbed-down clients peddled by telecom companies to get them to buy their services.

2. People don't want to pay for things they shouldn't have to, like interconnectivity, if there are enough devices for everyone to pull off the network without help.