Quote Originally Posted by TechMouse
Kind of got a bit off point there...

My point was, I think that the industry doesn't necessarily drive the new technologies as much as it thinks it does... Quite the opposite: New technologies drive the industry.
Consumers drive technology.

Societal conditions determine the uptake of products and nature of trends.
Then...
Technology provides new ways of addressing fundamental needs and motivations.

If it works for consumers, they buy it. If it doesn't suit their needs, it goes.

Betamax used to have a monopoly on video cassettes.

Olivetti had their most successful financial year before narrowly avoiding bankrupcy the following year. Suddenly nobody wanted a typewriter.

If it is appropriately priced, convienient and desirable, people will pay.

Legal downloads outstripped illegal downloads quite a while back.