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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In second-world countries like mine, we didn't skip technologies much but avoided format wars and just ended up with the winner:

  • ~~Betamax~~ VHS
  • ~~MiniDisc~~ USB flash storage, SD cards
  • ~~iTunes~~ YouTube and pirated MP3s
  • ~~HD DVD~~ Blu-ray โˆ’ just kidding, piracy again for most
  • ~~Game consoles~~ PC because it's cheaper to stay up-to-date with hardware and games (not everyone though)

If tech moves too fast, people get annoyed. Up until 2008, one could use just about any old TV, perhaps with a UHF-VHF converter and a PAL-decoding mod for SECAM sets. Now that they need a new digital tuner every few years because wireless and video tech is evolving fast and we're no longer staying behind, they keep complaining.