27 years (!) after I started my PhD on mobile videoconferencing, 5G bandwidth has reached the point it’s becoming mainstream. And… what I thought would be a significant barrier to take-up (do you really want to walk around looking at your phone, not other people, or cars?) apparently… is not 🫣
What I did not foresee was just how annoying and ubiquitous tinny mobile phone speakers would be, and the apparent shamelessness of so many people using them in enclosed spaces. I used to think people having loud *normal* mobile conversations in trains/buses was bad, but… 😱
@1br0wn if I’m ever taken in for murder, this will be why.