What we really need is non-universally compatible storage devices. Or maybe one day data transfer will be like money wire transfers. Fill out some paperwork,

What we really need is non-universally compatible storage devices. Or maybe one day data transfer will be like money wire transfers. Fill out some paperwork, pay $30, you’ll get your data on the other end... All data will be owned and custodied by government and data banks. One problem is data is much less fungible than money.