This seems very hindsight driven to me. I didn't realize how powerful the internet could be for news until Di died and I heard about it online something like a half hour before my parents confirmed it on TV. My mother didn't trust the internet for film information until imdb had existed for many years, still relying on yearly Leonard Maltin books all the time.
Obviousness doesn't tend to come until something compels it. But in the meantime, people who recognize it before others do are working to profit off that difference.
Obviousness doesn't tend to come until something compels it. But in the meantime, people who recognize it before others do are working to profit off that difference.