> LCD was just way cheaper and more convenient as in taking less space that regardless of worse quality it still took over. They were definitely not cheaper at

> LCD was just way cheaper and more convenient as in taking less space that regardless of worse quality it still took over. They were definitely not cheaper at first. But taking up less space is also a quality. You often get trade-offs like that. You often get things that are faster, but they produce more heat. Early SSDs were faster, but had less capacity than HDDs. It's still part of progress, and these technologies often exist side by side for a while before for a lot of people, the trade-off means they prefer the older tech, until the newer tech catches up on the attributes it was less good at. > In general, shrinking form-factor brought lots of drops in quality, because it's harder to make various electronic parts smaller and as durable. Again, different aspects of quality. The fact that computers now fit in your pocket instead of taking up an entire room is progress. It enables new ways to use them. Early laptops were not an attractive replacement for many desktop uses, but now they generally are. But still not quite for all (I just bought a new desktop PC).