> I put wi-fi, at least the earlier generations, up there are the list of consumer technology that will always be supported somehow I agree with you about wifi

> I put wi-fi, at least the earlier generations, up there are the list of consumer technology that will always be supported somehow I agree with you about wifi. In fact, as you were posting, I was writing my reply (here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29335111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29335111) saying much the same. I've been observing the evolution of tech professionally now for over 40 years and as a serial entrepreneur making risky bets on uncertain outcomes with the harsh (yet instructive) feedback of putting my own money and livelihood on the line each time. There are a few tech standards that become so ubiquitous and accepted that they reach the longevity and influence of Roman chariot wheel widths (which many anthropologists believe influenced the gauge of modern railroads). Various forms of early wifi (ie 802.11b) and various flavors and bitrates of RS-232-type serial signaling are two examples. I still have a couple of 802.11b wifi devices running on a sub-net that are ~20 years old and I still network with devices over 20 years old through Cat5 signaling with / RJ45 connectors.