First came mp3s, when we all squashed our precious CDs into mp3s. Then came the internet when everybody acquired as much music as they could.
What happens next?
1. Our iPods will get bigger, therefore we won't need to compress music into mp3s.
a. Everybody will need more download bandwidth from their ISP.
b. Everybody will discover Apple's standard headphones are rubbish.
Mark my words, when you buy that 10th generation iPod, it'll all be lossless compression...
2. Bored with music, the world will move onto DVDs. It's already happening, but the massive increase in file size isn't supported by available download speed. Soon, but not yet. Still a few years away for that one. 30gb of music is a lot, but it's only 4-6 uncompressed DVD images.
a. Add ripping time in here, too. It takes ages to rip a video to a different format. When everybody has dual quad core CPUs we'll be fine.
But what happens after that?
What do we do when we have a copy of everything ever made?
Will we step outside and go back to the park, satisfied we've conquered the digital domain?
Nope. We'll just do it all again in HD.
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