Good morning TEA !!!
Overcast and rainy here, just woke up.
Let's see what's been going on while I was sleeping...
Oh, networks again !
Networks will never exterminate removable media, doesn't make sense, two different things for different use cases and people. You IT nerds need to realize most people aren't like you and never will. Most people are IT illiterate, including me to a big extent, because I don't give a fuck about computers any more and networks are way too complex and a chore to set up and maintain and fix. I can't do it, never mind my mum or the average Joe in the street. If anything, removable media is the only thing that is simple (and cheap enough) enough to use yet gets the job done, for the vast majority. No need to be an IT nerd to use it, just shove your USB stick into any USB port and drag and drop your files. Most (still, not all) people can do it.
As for the internet, it's just a joke, we are in 2022 and even in western country like France there are still millions of people that still don't have a working ADSL link, their internet is unusable. Telling these people they need to rely on that to move data around is just such a laugh it's hard to find words to express it. Yes, all these people have been promised high speed internet in every single house for.. 20 years now. So they know it will never happen, because IT operators just don't give a fuck a bout them. Fiber in big city centers, and dial-up for rural areas. Don't like it ? Well sucks to be you !
I would rather slit my wrists right now than having to rely on networks and be deprived of removable media.
Saying networks will kill every removable media on the planet is like saying ari liners will make all cars disappear or that paper and pencil will disappear because tablets are so much cooler, or that fridges will all be connected to the internet.. I heard that 20 years ago, still waiting for that (not really, don't want that crap).
In 20 years from now there will still be USB sticks for sale, or whatever removable media replacing it, and your average joe still won't be an IT nerd that understand and can design and configure and maintain and fix it's own networks at home, not even close. People don't even back up their data, they leave all the baby pictures in their freaking smartphone, that they throw in the ocean at the beach, or in the toilet, or drop on the ground... and you expect them to study networks and build one for themselves at home ? Yeah right...
Have a good day all !