When I first heard of YouTube (video through Net???), I thought it would never take off... :)
Me too. And now I find it so invaluable.
Works like charm.
I was _very_ sceptical of Netflix (the streaming incarnation, not ye olde postal DVD thingy); I didn't think the economics could be made to work, or that everyone would buy an AppleTV or similar to use it (I very much wasn't counting on smarttvs...)
Re:The Shit Show
by fennecfoxy on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:21AM
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Realistically much of the success of Netflix is thanks to a partnership with Microsoft and the Xbox 360.
They didn't have to worry about a set-top box + I believe MS helped them serve content from XBL servers.
Fret not; when Sony released the first digital Mavica (the one that stored pictures on 1.44" floppys) I would have made a bet that digital photography will never take off.
My only lame excuse it that at this time it was just unfeasible imagining that one day in the not too distant future you'd be able to store terabytes of memory on a device the size of a thumbnail.
Still, not one of my best predictions.