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next gen

If you've heard of it, it's not next gen.

The subsequent iteration of a product that has a lot of marketing hype.

Sometimes the media receives products in advance so they can write articles comparing the new features to the old features.

Sometimes the launch of a next generation product causes people to abandon their familial duties to sleep outside the store so they can be among the first to pay money for this new version of the product they already own.

#next generation #next gen #shiny futility
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next gen

If you've heard of it, it's not next gen.

6G is technically next generation technology (5G dates back to 2010), but in common parlance, everyone is pushing 5G as "next gen" in order to sell it.

#next gen #5g