washiku wrote:FRM2011 wrote:My newspaper vendor is a worried and confused man. I have faithfully been buying my paper from him for the last five years. Until one week ago.
Safaricom sent me a message to download an app that delivers the entire newspaper as it appears in print to my tablet every morning. Its much cheaper than the print version, plus the added advantage of having the archived copy for future reference. Now I am afraid my long running relationship with my vendor is coming to an end.
I haven't gotten a chance to slow down and explain to the guy about the e-paper. I don't know how many more customers he has lost. But what happens when you find yourself standing on the wrong side of technological innovation ? Can the printed newspaper survive another 25 years ?
I also subscribed and was thinking in the same lines. However, the print will still be relevant for a few more years as ling as smart phone access remains relatively in the population. Maybe the newspaper vendors should start hawking smart phones
Good one @washiku. But seriously, can any wazuan put the figures in perspective. How many jobs are likely to be lost in 20 years, how much richer safcom will have become.
My bet is that by the time jubilee free laptop class one pupils graduate from college, they won't have time to flip through the pages of a newspaper. That gives the newsprint guys at least 16 years to plan for an alternative source of livelihood.