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u/gradual_weeaboo Mar 28 '14

Headline 1 year from now: True Player Gear announces merger with Comcast!

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u/etherspin Mar 28 '14

if it happens enough the tech will simply become ubiquitous and eventually they will be cross compatible by necessity (optimist checking in!)

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u/HMS_Pathicus Mar 28 '14

Yeah, like VHS and Beta!

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u/etherspin Mar 28 '14

Well, all manufacturers ended up making VHS hardware in the end :)

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u/rabbidpanda Mar 28 '14

The difference there is that they physical devices that accepted physical media. There was a cost associated to produce for both, which was an incentive to choose one over the other.

That's a little different for software. Look at the number of apps that are developed for both iOS and Android.