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Nobody uses it because nobody asked for it.

• lucb1e 10y ago
  Nobody asked for a telephone, they asked for faster horses.
  • edraferi 10y ago
    > Nobody asked for an [automobile], they asked for faster horses. FTFY, assuming you're looking for the Henry Ford reference. People actually DID ask for the telephone. It was a natural extension of the widely deployed telegraph system.
    • lucb1e 10y ago
      That makes sense, I think you're right.
    • bnt 10y ago
      Maybe the OP was thinking of this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express