- Due to more control systems being networked, and processes automated, there will be a bug or hack that results in a disaster scenario where people are seriously hurt and die.
- Similar to other nations in the 2010's, the US will make use of an internet 'kill switch' to stem leaks, dissent or unrest. This might mean turning off access to a particular resource on the internet or web access altogether for a large region.
- Decentralized solutions to cloud-hosted services will be productized and shipped to consumers. Today's edge computing, home automation hubs, etc will combine with a Synology-type product that lets you add storage, modules, etc and run apps for your home and personal network. This will contrast with PCs that are general purpose and still too complex for the average person to put together, and today's Synology products that are typically geared towards data hoarding and require a bit of knowledge to use.
- The mobile operating system options will broaden, and a viable option for open software enthusiasts will open up.
- The glut of capital in the consumer space will dry up as that market holds less and less purchasing power. Most people will look back on the 2010's and their many investor subsidized 'X-as-a-Service' services comparatively fondly to their present economy that has all but abandoned them.
- The problem of "I can't get good internet speeds indoors" won't be solved for another decade, and if it is, a weird point-to-point outdoor antenna solution for buildings will be involved.
- The fact that the US relies on cheap foreign labor will come to a head as underdeveloped countries develop. More companies will be found to have foreign slave labor somewhere in their supply chain, and they will all claim ignorance when it happens.
- The bulk of developers will still be paid to write HTML + CSS + JS and it will still be a bad experience for everyone involved.
- Outside of the major metro areas, local news will be replaced by centralized services that just push out localized paid-to-publish content and ad fluff. Local governments will become much more of the good ol' boy networks that they already are today.
- At least one country will make people get chips implanted, whether they're immigrants, refugees or their own citizens.
- The Rent-a-Center model of renting goods beyond housing and vehicles (though renting of both will increase) will become more popular and not associated with RaC specifically.
- Embryonic gene editing won't catch on except for very specific indications and diseases, and rich people will rely on genetic tests for embryonic selection prior to implantation.
- Due to more control systems being networked, and processes automated, there will be a bug or hack that results in a disaster scenario where people are seriously hurt and die.
- Similar to other nations in the 2010's, the US will make use of an internet 'kill switch' to stem leaks, dissent or unrest. This might mean turning off access to a particular resource on the internet or web access altogether for a large region.
- Decentralized solutions to cloud-hosted services will be productized and shipped to consumers. Today's edge computing, home automation hubs, etc will combine with a Synology-type product that lets you add storage, modules, etc and run apps for your home and personal network. This will contrast with PCs that are general purpose and still too complex for the average person to put together, and today's Synology products that are typically geared towards data hoarding and require a bit of knowledge to use.
- The mobile operating system options will broaden, and a viable option for open software enthusiasts will open up.
- The glut of capital in the consumer space will dry up as that market holds less and less purchasing power. Most people will look back on the 2010's and their many investor subsidized 'X-as-a-Service' services comparatively fondly to their present economy that has all but abandoned them.
- The problem of "I can't get good internet speeds indoors" won't be solved for another decade, and if it is, a weird point-to-point outdoor antenna solution for buildings will be involved.
- The fact that the US relies on cheap foreign labor will come to a head as underdeveloped countries develop. More companies will be found to have foreign slave labor somewhere in their supply chain, and they will all claim ignorance when it happens.
- The bulk of developers will still be paid to write HTML + CSS + JS and it will still be a bad experience for everyone involved.
- Outside of the major metro areas, local news will be replaced by centralized services that just push out localized paid-to-publish content and ad fluff. Local governments will become much more of the good ol' boy networks that they already are today.
- At least one country will make people get chips implanted, whether they're immigrants, refugees or their own citizens.
- The Rent-a-Center model of renting goods beyond housing and vehicles (though renting of both will increase) will become more popular and not associated with RaC specifically.
- Embryonic gene editing won't catch on except for very specific indications and diseases, and rich people will rely on genetic tests for embryonic selection prior to implantation.