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I'm excited. Not for a specific use-case, but because it removes constraints and that lets developers push the boundaries of what's possible. As a European, I
by david_allison 5y ago
I'm excited. Not for a specific use-case, but because it removes constraints and that lets developers push the boundaries of what's possible.
As a European, I predict it'll be a catalyst for American companies to rethink data caps and data pricing, as you can blow through a data cap 10x as fast. That'll be massive and measurable progress.
Paraphrasing Liebig's law of the minimum[0]: progress is hindered by the most scarce resource. I'm sure that bandwidth will have been that resource for some ideas. These ideas will have been 'before their time' a few years ago, and are now viable.
Take spellcheckers[1], and electron-based apps: they've moved very quickly from "impossible" to "an everyday occurrence", I hope 5G enable this for another class of problem, and I hope it's unpredictable.
I don't have a 5G phone, I don't plan to get one any time soon, I'll have one in 10 years time, and I'm excited to see what comes of it.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum
[1]: https://prog21.dadgum.com/29.html https://prog21.dadgum.com/29.html