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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Cost is another determining factor in the adoption of technology. When the Kindle was first introduced over six years ago (Nov 2007), it cost $400. Now you can get one for $50 on sale and load it with thousands of free titles from Amazon and public libraries.
Also, digital growth will rely heavily on access to the net. As prices drop and access becomes more widespread, adoption will quicken that much faster.
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Yep and new tech. always costs more at first then the price drops as it becomes more commonplace. In the old TV game shows of the 1950's winning a TV set was considered a big prize because they were so expensive to purchase. Now days they are a lot cheaper, or were prior to the flat screen which is still costly at this time, but will probably go down as well. Then there was the VCR which cost over $1000.00 when they 1st came out. And the DVD player was expensive as well. For that matter personal computers were very expensive when they 1st came out on the market. Now days you can pick one up fairly cheap (depending on what you want it to do).