As Consumer Habits Change, Digital Clutter GrowsJune 26, 2017 by FasettoTargeting consumers has become an increasingly inexact science for producers of entertainment content, as the overall marketplace has veered away from physical products and toward intangible deliverables that take up space on a hard drive rather than a shelf. While vinyl records are seeing a resurgence thanks in equal parts to nostalgia, fashion and high-brow preferences for sound quality, most car makers don’t even bother installing CD drives in their infotainment systems, let alone the tape decks that were still prevalent just a decade ago.This, of course, extends far beyond the music industry. DVD sales have been tumbling at an even more breakneck pace than compact discs at the hands of streaming giants like Netflix, while consumers have started to show a preference for downloading their HD content rather than invest in such flash-in-the-pan technology like Blu-ray and the very expensive players it requires.This has been a big shift not just for entertainment content producers, but especially for consumers. Rather than having to clear out physical real estate to house their massive music or movie collections, consumers are instead able to hold entire libraries on digital storage devices that not only free up physical space, but allow consumers’ collections to be larger than ever before.But while this has all opened up the opportunity for consumers to collect and enjoy more entertainment content than ever before, managing it is not always easy. Without the ability to store, share and travel with their content, consumers may be blindly purchasing many gigabytes of data that they won’t be able to fully enjoy. Or, they invest hundreds of dollars in storage technology that can’t be accessed from their phones or tablets.Even the old problem of a disorganized CD shelf hasn’t gone away. Digital clutter can be just as hard to dig through as a physical landfill if it’s not properly organized, and can be especially hard to track if it’s shared across devices and platforms.LINK lets users put all of this content in a central place, while at the same time making this media accessible on almost all devices and platforms. When users leverage the 2 TB of storage available on LINK, they also have access to the devices streaming capabilities via the user’s mobile data. This allows them to share music, for instance, with other passengers during a car ride, or load up the latest blockbuster for movie night over at a friend’s house.With the ability to connect an array of devices while bearing the load of being a central content repository, LINK is the ultimate companion for any entertainment consumer in the changing media marketplace.
jay saysJune 27, 2017 at 1:22 pmLink sounds awesome and like something I need right now !! Thanks for sharing !1Reply
Samantha Bye saysJune 27, 2017 at 1:23 pmI no longer buy physical copies, or download anything as both take up too much space in different ways! I stick to streaming, and general TV and radio for my entertainment.Reply
parentingpatch saysJune 27, 2017 at 1:26 pmDigital clutter of all kinds drives me nuts! At least with physical clutter, I have one piece that I cannot accidentally copy and paste and make more of!Reply
makeamomsmile saysJune 27, 2017 at 1:40 pmI am going to have to look at LINK for my kids. They have so much stuff downloaded on the tablets and tvsthat it is always a mission to find stuff.Reply
Michelle Cantu (@AThriftyDiva) saysJune 28, 2017 at 4:46 pmI need to check out LINK, it sounds awesome. Digital clutter is crazy, who would have thought.Reply
Cynthia Nicoletti saysJune 28, 2017 at 11:00 pmLink sounds good. I don’t know much about it would have to look into it more.Reply
Carol Cassara saysJune 28, 2017 at 11:52 pmIt’s fascinating to see how much has changed in the entertainment industry. We now handle everything digitally at least the kids do and it’s affected the world so much. It’s good to have a reliable storage though, especially with all those files!Reply
Elizabeth O saysJune 29, 2017 at 9:13 amI totally get this post as I was having a conversation with my family about the same issue. LINK offers a sensible solution and can help one simplify access.Reply
AlaynaFrankenberry saysJuly 6, 2017 at 6:09 pmSeriously don’t know where I’d be without cloud storage. I also have my portable hard drive as a backup!Reply