A console is a turnkey gaming solution. Sure, there are big updates to download once in a while, but they just work out of the box.

The last thing I want in this stage in my life (I'm 40) is get home after a long day at work and fiddle with drivers, configurations, etc.

Once I get tired of the console and its games, I just sell it and buy the newest one at the time. However, I usually skip generations, and I never buy a console at or right after launch day.

And a PC doesn't have Gran Turismo, of which I'm a fan.

Except that, in 2017, unless you roll your own VPN, there's really not much to learn. You just whip out a credit card, pay for a service, install their software (if you don´t just log into their https website), and you're done.

On a business environment (which's not the case in the story), unless you're the admin, you're given a user ID and password to log in a Citrix client. Done.

Remember, we're dealing with the iPone generation that replaces a smartphone when the battery doesn't hold enough charge, or tosses out a notebook when it's running "slow."

How are you supposed to use the word "fail" in a PowerPoint to peddle VCs money???

It wants its tech bubble back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben

He's probably going to found a company that sells anti-AI tin-foil helmets, or something of that nature.

This is the same type of FUD which AV companies have spreaded for years to sell their wares. Nothing to see here...

OK, not first post, but it took a whole 12 minutes for the first post!!!

Nobody cares about the latest lithography, most megapixels, fastest RAM, moah pixels, etc. The only specs that still matters nowadays is battery life.

We've reached the "good enough" point in smartphones a while ago, just like we did with PCs in the early 00s. Nobody cares anymore about spec sheets that much...

Hence, first post.

Good luck getting new original parts for an old* car, or having it serviced at an authorized dealership.

* this is variable, depending on manufacturer.

If you're going to listen to it on your phone while traveling on the noisy subway train, quality doesn't really matter.

And if you're ripping from a lossless stream, such as those provided by Tidal or Qobuz, and if you know what you're doing, then the loss of quality is minimal or non-existent.

They're obviously talking about mobile gaming, which eclipsed traditional console- or PC-based gaming..

Something you have
Something you know
Something you are

Your iris is only one of them, therefore the system isn't too secure.

I used to have over 60,000 tracks stored on my iPod classic. Mostly classical music. Once it went belly up, I replaced it.

Then Spotify and other streaming services implemented offline listening.

Once my second iPod died, I reluctantly gave Spotify a try while deciding to buy a used one, as Apple no longer made the classic.

Been a premium Spotify user ever since and never looked back. I found all the old stuff I cared about, found tons of new music, by different orchestras, conductors, soloists, etc.

My MP3 collection is now filling up a backup HD in a closet.

Yes, you will, once you no longer find an MP3 player for sale.

FLAC is your friend.

You're welcome.

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