1. Bluetooth can't compete with wired headphones on fidelity and responsiveness. This isn't a matter of "improvement" it's a matter of physics. While the days of the wired headphone may be numbered on flagship smartphones most audio enthusiasts and other bluetooth Luddites like me prefer wired connections. Even if diminished there will be a market.
2. I do not want to have to yell "Toyota, please unlock driver door" at my car to unlock it. I like my IR blaster keyfob thank you very much.
3. Console making companies will adapt cloud gaming to them, not be supplanted by it. You're already seeing it with X Cloud and Sony's cloud gaming thing. Those will do better than the failure that is Stadia. Again like point 1, cloud gaming is unable to compete with hardware that is physically closer to you in terms of responsiveness. There will always be lag in game streaming.
4. Like wired headphones there will always be a market, though perhaps not a mass market. Cell phone cameras are good enough for most people. As longs as professionals and enthusiasts exist digital cameras will never die off. Hell, film cameras are still a thing.
5. As cool as my phone's in-screen fingerprint reader is I don't want that tech on my front door. Mechanical locks are cheap and lockpicking is more able to be guarded against than hacking.
6. Ovens, heat lamps, and lava lamps exist and are common. LEDs are superior for home lighting but physically can't survive or output high heat in the way that incandescent can.
7. Useful for emergency services contact in rural areas, not going anywhere. My phone is 5G capable but I only bought the thing because my old phone bit the dirt after 5 years of daily (ab)use. Buying a phone because faster and better is the wheelhouse of tech nerds and/or consoomers, not the average Joe.
8. Lol no. Security is far inferior over air than with direct physical data transfer. Thumb drives are also cheap, ubiquitous, and convenient with large capacities.
9. Optical media can be owned, digital is a glorified lease. I prefer physical media when possible. This man has clearly never made a mixtape for his car before, CDs are still useful even if only for niche applications.
10. Absolutely agree. Cable is dying because of low viewership caused by poor value for the programming offered. Why spend $100/mo on 1500 channels when there isn't anything worth watching on television? Why pay for 100 rerun channels and menu access to pay for access to pay per view content or HBO? Why pay to sit through ads on a service that once justified its subscription fees by not having ads?
The plans for internet access are certainly cheaper and love them or hate them, streaming services offer all of the benefit of cable with almost none of its problems.
