Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by chakalakasp 1730 days ago
You won't stop obsoleting stuff until the pace of development settles down. We've gone from the telephone to VRChat in a century and a half. 20 years ago text messaging was just starting to catch on and the smartphone as we know them today was still 5 years away from existing.

If physical devices are going to start being used for the long haul it's either because hardware/software development has finally hit a wall or because the world has collapsed and smartphones are only good as a decorative hood ornament as you tear across the deserts of Mississippi on your Mad Max bloodwagon.