alt Hacker News>but since communications were expensive, phones were not ringing often.
This is a very important point, and it's crucial for people to understand that merely making something more available can have an outsized effect.
>but since communications were expensive, phones were not ringing often.
This is a very important point, and it's crucial for people to understand that merely making something more available can have an outsized effect.
TBH, I think covid and the push towards Zoom and others had a similar outsized effect. It made synchronous meetings nearly "free" for many more people.