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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 9 Jan 2014

    Yep. This is why the printing argument as a reason to not buy iPads/Chromebooks etc isn't a valid one. http://bit.ly/1cTqYMq 

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      2. Ravi Nanavati‏ @fpgeek 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I'd have thought Google Cloud Print (and similar services) would be the decisive rebuttal on printing. Am I missing something?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 9 Jan 2014
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        @fpgeek way too complicated

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      4. Ravi Nanavati‏ @fpgeek 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent LOL. I can't get my wife's MacBook to print to our Samsung printer at all and need USB from Windows (for a "network"printer!).

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @fpgeek

        @fpgeek yeah, printing has always sucked

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      2. judopher‏ @Judopher 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent law and accounting firms will never be able to stop printing

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @Judopher

        @Judopher so? Niche.

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      4. judopher‏ @Judopher 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent if extinct means limited to niches, we are already at the point of extinction. Printing tickets is a niche

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      1. Ryan Lambert‏ @Lambies 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent IMO 2 main catalysts keeping paper as abundant as it is:1) residual security concerns 2) the existing ceiling on battery longevity

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      1. pobregizmo‏ @pobregizmo 9 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Plus more consumer printers are iOS compatible than not these days.

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      1. James King‏ @M_Gauche 9 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent Paper use is still growing world wide, though it is in decline in N. America. Unfortunately, not going away soon.

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      1. Carsten Pötter‏ @carstenpoetter 9 Jan 2014
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        RT @monkbent: Yep. This is why the printing argument as a reason to not buy iPads/Chromebooks etc isn't a valid one. http://bit.ly/1cTqYMq 

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      1. Alpesh Shah‏ @alpesh_shah 9 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent Also because I could print to my parents house 20 miles away from this iPhone right now while lying in bed.

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      2. Jérôme‏ @jeromegv 9 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent my parents are printing using their iPad-compatible HP printer and very happy about it

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      3. Magic Pics‏ @magicpixx 9 Jan 2014
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        @jeromegv @monkbentpic.twitter.com/24Ua2gShrb

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      1. Magic Pics‏ @magicpixx 9 Jan 2014
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        @monkbentpic.twitter.com/WfZmjTdbIF

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