Many media outlets rationalize the shrinking of existing industries as an effect of the smartphone..
But in reality, only the use-cases and needs based on situation have changed.
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Internet rollout -> drop in landline use?
PDA rollout -> drop in landline use? drop in computer use?
Smartphone rollout -> drop in landlines? drop in computer use? drop in TV viewership? drop in book purchases?
(book "After Smart," p. 210)
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ipod -> iphone =! iTunes Store -> App Store (Google Play)
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Wired vs Wireless No strong correlation with industry rise and decline
= For about 9 years after each new arrival, the gap doesn't widen that much.)
It isn't an issue of technological progression from wired -> wireless -> text (-> internet) or of user migration;
= the more fundamental cause is the shift in users' perception and needs from voice -> text.
(more of a humanistic change, a change in how we think about communication (conversation) itself.)
