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> Desktop publishing and "people who love windows and mice" were niche markets c. 1985-1990

I was there and involved in that at Apple and elsewhere. It does not do justice to describe things this way, although the business people might be tempted to.

There are fundamental modes of communication between humans over millennia and more recently in the last 150 years. When voice was reproduced in a recording and passed further than the eye can see, you could say that was a "niche market".

more could be said, but in the environment of 1985-1990, print was the authoritative means of communication. The printing press including photo reproduction and printing techniques was being re-invented as a digital process.