It might start to decline before 2050 (famine, wars over resources scarcity).

So... what can you do except ad-hominem attacks?

What the fuck did I just read!

Oh, look, another dude who thinks can twist my words.
The world is overflowing with your likes. Smart enough to try and twist words but not smart enough to succeed.

I never said "cheap" and I never said "trash".
What Android offers is VARIETY. From cheap trash to stuff better (and sometimes even pricier) than iPhones.
Android is the only OS which powers phones as cheap as 50 bucks (or even free if you get a low-priced plan) or as expensive as 1000+. Also it powers devices with a huge variety of screen formats, sizes and resolutions, even resolutions as weird as iPhone's. At the same time, you get to choose between phones with embedded SD cards and/or batteries or replaceable SD cards and/or batteries. Most can be easily rooted, modded, altered, hell you can build your own flavor if that's your thing. They don't stop you from doing whatever the hell you want with the OS (if you have the knowledge, of course) and AFAIK (but YMMV) they're next-to-impossible to brick. I have a HTC desire S which I actually tried bricking (to no avail).

Oh and guess what, I don't need to install any software to use my phone as mobile data storage. I just connect it through USB or bluetooth and I'm good to go.

The Earth as a whole is exploding in terms of human population.

S'uthlam was in that exact position in "Tuf Voyaging".

Yeah, but that, apparently, is not because everyone wants it, it's because people can't afford iPhones. That's what Apple fans say, anyway.

They don't care, they're dead.

My goal was getting you to read it.
You sir, have just been subtly trolled.

Sorry.

"asshole"?
People with great ideas but lacking funding are now assholes? Wow.

A debatable thing. Here's why:
Say some dude has a game idea. It's a fairly complex space-based strategy MMO. The dude starts working on a design plan, because he's good at that. He lays in the design foundation of the game: all items, all ships, all celestials, game mechanics, skill tree, interactions, timers, formulas, everything design-related. He even builds a database and generates the "universe" in which the game takes place. That's a few hundred work hours right there.

But the dude has no development skills and not nearly enough funding to hire a team and actually starting to produce content. He would think Kickstarter would be a good place to sell his idea and maybe get enough funding to start working on a prototype. But wait, everybody expects a working prototype, so where does that lead us? It's a rock-paper-scissors thing.

I understand why a potential backer would want to see something palpable before committing, but at the same time something palpable can't be built unless backers commit. What would be the alternative? is there a way out of this?

"People" also want shitty SOAPs, crappy entertainment and retarded music. Your point being?

Yes sir, I was joking.
Good catch! :)

doh, typo. nut = but

Agreed, nut I'd really see an advantage of having a "hybrid" driving car. Imagine a long trip which starts in a city and then you have to drive through a long straight highway stretch which involves little to do. You could let your car drive in autonomous mode while you relax and look around, and take control back towards the end of the trip.