I hear you, but my experience is that increases in capacity (be it storage, processing, network, etc.) bring new possibility, new technology, and new use cases.
Here are some off-the-cuff possibilities:
"Photos" that are interactive "spaces" composed of combinations of many high-resolution images and (LI/RAY)DAR point clouds.
"Videos" that are the same or far beyond 8k
Individuals using constant-capture systems to archive their day-to-day, providing the ability to "never forget." This could be supplemented with local capture and storage of extensive biometric data for personal-health analysis.
Amazing graphics / texture sets to locally provide standard libraries for very high resolution AR / VR experiences.
Local archives of reference and web content so that it can be browsed privately to ensure privacy.
A general push-back against cloud storage in favor of local privacy. This might be powered by some federated system that allows individuals to give up some local storage in exchange for storage on other's systems.
Here are some off-the-cuff possibilities:
"Photos" that are interactive "spaces" composed of combinations of many high-resolution images and (LI/RAY)DAR point clouds.
"Videos" that are the same or far beyond 8k
Individuals using constant-capture systems to archive their day-to-day, providing the ability to "never forget." This could be supplemented with local capture and storage of extensive biometric data for personal-health analysis.
Amazing graphics / texture sets to locally provide standard libraries for very high resolution AR / VR experiences.
Local archives of reference and web content so that it can be browsed privately to ensure privacy.
A general push-back against cloud storage in favor of local privacy. This might be powered by some federated system that allows individuals to give up some local storage in exchange for storage on other's systems.