In article , Raphael Bustin
wrote:

I see, a silver lining to the dreaded digital invasion.

And why should it not be so?

Digital will introduce (or reintroduce) people to
photography. Eventually, some will take it
seriously, and begin to look beyond digital.

TV didn't move the population towards live theater - unless it was on TV
and you know that's not the same thing. The Instamatic didn't move the
population to appreciate photography, either. Digital won't do squat to
change anything for the better. It's just more of the same - built-in
obsolescence, lost pictures and in that regard I applaud digital.