There will be no "old normal". Never waste a good crisis but look on the bright side.All phones are getting free mandatory updates
Thanks God I still have my 1999-2010 cellphones somewhere in the house - and the older smartphones that allowed manual battery removal without having to open up the phone.
For now, you can still do the "trick" of installing a custom ROM without Google on it on Android. That saves you from those crappy, mandatory, sneaky updates.
But bad news: 2G and 3G networks are most likely gonna down at some point with the "nobody uses them anymore!" excuse, making older phones just useless. And there goes my smartphone straight into the trash can. Same thing will happen with physical fiat.
"Don't use banknotes, you're spreading the virus!"
"We recommend paying with credit card only to protect yourself from the virus"
"We have removed cash payments from our shop to help with COVID-19"
blah blah blah ==> "We decided to remove physical money as the circulation of it has gone down magically within the last year"
It's too obvious it'll happen at one point. The strategy US cops used to surround protesters & arrest them, but it's used virtually. Our options shrinked down to the point where you can't do anything but comply to the new shit.
Unfortunately all old technologies will be phased out with regards connectivity and only machines or equipment using "latest" protocols will be allowed communicate.These machines and equipment will of course be automatically updated with such mandatory updates for the "common greater good" to keep the population "safe and healthy"While many countries boast of internet speeds of an average 21 megabits per second some shadow networks can transfer 91 gigabits per second, or 91,000 megabits per second.6G is proposed to integrate 5G with GPS/Glonass/ or whatever satellite networks each grid will use for global coverage and 7G/7-8G ref will integrate satellite mirroring and mesh technology for a whole new new integrated world.Welcome to the singularity.Surely yall know by know that tyranny comes in the form of safety and security.All it takes is the pretext and the following hashtag outcry for MOAR rules and regulations.Funnily enough not many are asking about the effects on the atmosphere,eco system and biological life on earth from these "new"...to the masses technologies."In generations beyond 5G, network operators will be connected to one single core—a nanocore. Combined with artificial intelligence, this nanocore will transform the mobile and wireless service that we know today.
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Here’s to hoping! Because until I can play Crysis® in virtual reality against a friend telepathically, my life will remain very dull—indeed!"