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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell
I do not like physical media because I can forget it or leave it lose it.
But with Internet nearly everywhere (where I am) it is easy to to turn on 4G and get at my files.
Perhaps Internet is not everywhere yet -- we are in transitional period -- but more pervasive in next 5 to 10 years. Will be like gps or satellite phones and work everywhere.
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This is my greatest issue with the "we don't need no stinkin' storage; we got the cloud!" crowd. Because internet is available where you are does not mean it is available everywhere. You are correct; it will be more widely available in 5-10 years; at that point, I will happily buy a device with no storage. Until then, give me storage. Don't try to sell me a device that will be obsolete in two years on the basis that I'll really be able to take advantage of its capabilities in 5-10 years. I went on vacation last week. At no point during my trip was I away from the mid-atlantic/atlantic coast region of the US. Once I was 25 minutes from my residence, I had no 3G/4G service on my iPad or iPhone, with a few exceptions when I happened to pass a major city. During my entire stay at a beach, where I was staying at a 200 condo complex, I had zero service. The United States is a big country with lots of rural areas (most much more rural than the places I was), and a large chunk of the population is without reliable broadband internet. It is getting better, but it isn't there yet.
We need to quit assuming that everyone else is just like us, and, if they aren't, they are a "niche" market. It's nice that there are lots of choices, and we can generally all find something that satisfies our needs. If a product doesn't have what I need, I don't have to buy it. But I resent the implication that, because a product does not have a feature that I and a large chunk of other users need, we are somehow using it incorrectly, or just plain weird, and we should just get in line and wait until our world lines up with everyone else's.