World is ripe with examples of technology being replaced by a challenger due to non-technical factors. The rise of MP3 and other lossy standards in favour of CD

World is ripe with examples of technology being replaced by a challenger due to non-technical factors. The rise of MP3 and other lossy standards in favour of CDs is an obvious example. Early LCDs were not as good in terms of image quality as contemporary CRTs. It doesn't have to be better, it just has to be good enough technically and attractive for other reasons.