Grandparent was talking about how different technologies improved people's lives. The vast majority of consumers didn't go from a Discman to a Flash MP3 player

Grandparent was talking about how different technologies improved people's lives. The vast majority of consumers didn't go from a Discman to a Flash MP3 player or a 3.5" HD music player to an iPod. They went straight from a Discman to an iPod. The Flash MP3 players at the time had very little storage space (128MB or less) which wasn't any better than using a MP3 CD in a Discman, and the 3.5" HD players were bulky and expensive. I doubt that anywhere near 1 million 3.5" HD players were sold, while more than 300 million iPods have been sold.