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Originally Posted by rcentros
I could also be true that, though fewer eInk eReaders have sold, the reading on eInk eReaders has not declined. In other words, there are fewer people buying new eInk eReaders but those who do buy them, also do a LOT of reading and book buying using them -- nothing in the article would counter that. We also know that tablet sales have dropped, does that mean fewer people are using tablets?
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I think what you are describing is the idea of saturation. Not everyone will buy a given product for a variety of reasons, and as a given product lasts for several yrs (barring accidents such as dropped ereaders) people don't fix something that doesn't need fixing. So it seems like the tech is declining because it conforms to (I imagine) some math formula or other. I imagine that when the T.V. set first came out it followed a similar curve. I.e. Too expensive for many, then the price slowly began to drop and more people bought them, then the sets lasted for several yrs so people didn't buy a new one as they had one that worked just fine. And there were probably those who didn't want one. I understand my paternal grandma asked my grandfather why he bought their 1st set back in the 1950's. She probably wasn't the only one. No doubt future tech will also follow that same pattern.