Part of me wonders if the stickiness of this more has to do with the fact that both cassettes and CD's are not successful mediums right now. It quickly becomes

Part of me wonders if the stickiness of this more has to do with the fact that both cassettes and CD's are not successful mediums right now. It quickly becomes a least common denominator- vinyl still works the same. I feel I get similar feelings about technologies that I drift to whatever tech seems the most stable for long term usage. Why invest in this if it is going away in 2 years? I feel like the IoT stuff often falls into this category.