The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By... — Steve Jobs

The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment.

Author: Steve Jobs

Insight: We tend to think of progress as a clean handoff—the old thing dies, the new thing takes over, done. But that's not how it actually works in our lives. When smartphones arrived, landlines didn't vanish overnight. When streaming services launched, people didn't immediately cancel cable. There's this awkward middle period where both exist, and the old one just starts feeling a little tired, a little behind. That feeling of "dating" something is actually the real turning point. What's interesting is that this puts the choice back on us in a way we often forget. Technology doesn't force us forward; it just makes staying put feel increasingly like a choice rather than the default. Your black-and-white TV still works perfectly, but suddenly it feels like you're making a deliberate decision to keep it. That psychological shift—from "this is what I have" to "this is what I'm choosing"—is what actually drives adoption. It's not about the new thing being objectively better. It's about whether the gap has grown wide enough that you're willing to pay the price, learn the new system, leave something familiar behind. This matters because it reminds us that resisting new technology isn't really about the technology. It's about whether you're ready for that particular loss.

Source: (0101). Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs, p.82, Prabhat Prakashan