I see vapeing kinda like the computer scene back in 2000. Majority of people just used a regular computer just like a majority of people vape on kits like blu. Then you have the extreme people who overclocked... just like the subohm vapers. I see sooner or later it will get standardized to something easy to use and pocket. There will always be people who push the bounds though.
This comment is interesting to me, because my husband and I were just talking about the computer/vaping analogy. What happened with computers and the internet (both hardware and software) is that the technology quickly outpaced the ability of govt to regulate and interfere with it. Govt had laws and rules and taxes and procedures to deal with land phones, and TV, and radio, etc, but had no idea what to do with bits and bytes. What you get, when that happens, is explosive (and chaotic) growth that is very organic. Lots and lots and lots of small time entrepreneurs innovating like crazy, with some amazing results. Of course, you also get things like the dotcom crash, and lots and lots of shoddy and subpar products (and cheats and copies and clones) that fall by the wayside very quickly. That's the trade-off.
Vaping is in that same sweet spot. It grew up under the radar, fueled by quirky individuals just doing their thing (or running their scam, for the downside) and govt is hustling to catch up. Re: computers/internet, I personally don't think it's an accident that the biggest technological advances society had seen in decades came about in an arena where people were largely
left the hell alone to tinker and invent and imagine. Those of us who grew up without computers watched this happen - for you younger folks, it's hard to describe what a "Wild West, sky's the limit" atmosphere it was in nerdy circles.
I want to see what happens next with vaping. I don't want that creativity and weirdness and brilliance and "try anything" attitude cut off at the knees and smothered before it fully blossoms. It's one reason I'm so vehement about keeping the regs and taxes and bullcrap at bay. Leave it alone. Let it run, and let's see where it goes.
