Think about all of the rear projection TVs that were built into homes, VCRs, and anything that isn’t able to connect to your mobile device, something that we all take for granted now.
Lelchuk compared home technology to furniture—it’s very specific to the user’s preferences and has about a 10-year lifespan before it’s obsolete. That isn’t to say that the technology will not function, but by that time technology will have advanced to a point where products may not be backward-compatible. Think about all of the rear projection TVs that were built into homes, VCRs, and anything that isn’t able to connect to your mobile device, something that we all take for granted now.