He said that he would be surprised if broadcast TV in the US survives another decade -- also predicting the end of cable TV packages,

While the rise of streaming is logically one of the main reasons, Cringely thinks that it will be 5G which will do in both – presumably with a candlestick in the library.

“5G wireless networking has nothing to do with mobile phones. It has to do with replacing every other kind of data network with 5G wireless. No more land lines, no more cable systems, no more wires. Going all-wireless almost completely eliminates customer-facing labor. No more guy with a tool belt to keep you waiting for service. No more truck rolls. There will be 5G and there will be content, that's all.”, he wrote.

He said that 5G will suck-up all available bandwidth. Legacy broadcast license holders like broadcast TV and radio stations will sell their airspace to 5G carriers and retire to Florida after getting offers they can't refuse.

"There's nothing sacrosanct about a broadcast network paradigm that we've been riding for a century", he concludes. "This too shall pass."