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Comments IBC 2016: The Last Word Part II Oldest First \| Newest First \| Threaded View [close this box] << < Page 2 / 2 mpouraryan 9/26/2016 11:53:31 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Bad Pun, Great Article Progress is always good and exciting to be witness to. As long as it is affordable and practical--that's the key driving force as I see it. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% JohnBarnes 9/26/2016 8:16:02 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Bad Pun, Great Article Mpouryan, Affordable to whom? (And not affordable to whomelse?) and practical for what? Look at the crowd at any big sports event nowadays; how many have a screen at hand to show them what is happening in the game, because they've lost the ability to see and appreciate the game from a cheap seat. And if income is a bell curve for most of the population, then it's an interesting property that out by the low-end tail, small changes in the price of access produce very large percentage changes in people denied access. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% JohnBarnes 9/26/2016 8:17:22 PM User Rank Platinum Re: IBC 2016 The Last Word Freehe, No, industry needs to keep changing so that every consumer always needs to buy something else, and whatever they just bought is obsolete. Cf. John Kenneth Galbraith and every marketing department ever! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% mpouraryan 9/26/2016 11:02:47 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Bad Pun, Great Article Since you asked--the 99% who can't necessarily afford the latest gadgets that the current luminaries of the tech world seem to endow us with. The 1% who can afford the $ 500 Apple Watch, the $ 800 iPhone 7 with all the bells & whistles et. al certainly won't lose sleep over it--right? That's the key challenge--I trust you agree. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 9/30/2016 1:23:21 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Bad Pun, Great Article Exactly! 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