Originally Posted by thedrewser:
“Rolling forward 10 years when the whole country will have at a minimum 4G/5G technology and there is a big roll out of public wifi, then I personally believe we'll all use cloud storage more and more.
I appreciate that based on the situation as we are now this seems unlikely, but look how far we've already come in the last decade, so there's no reason to think we can't continue to improve download speed and coverage over the next decade.
For me, when I upgrade my phone next I will have a serious debate as to whether I actually need 32GB or can I live on 16GB. My entire music collection and purchased films live quite happily in the cloud. The only barrier is coverage and that will get better and better as time goes on.”
“Rolling forward 10 years when the whole country will have at a minimum 4G/5G technology and there is a big roll out of public wifi, then I personally believe we'll all use cloud storage more and more.
I appreciate that based on the situation as we are now this seems unlikely, but look how far we've already come in the last decade, so there's no reason to think we can't continue to improve download speed and coverage over the next decade.
For me, when I upgrade my phone next I will have a serious debate as to whether I actually need 32GB or can I live on 16GB. My entire music collection and purchased films live quite happily in the cloud. The only barrier is coverage and that will get better and better as time goes on.”
10 years is a long time in technology.
it may be wrong to assume that the model will be basically the same as it is now with more cloud storage.
we may well have moved to cloud computing with thin clients everywhere. so your phone and your desktop would just be an interface for your cloud computer.



