Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoPay phones, Public water fountains, Coffee grinders in grocery stores, all the hundreds of gadgets that our smart phones replaced, Tons of random accessories for everything were all over stores and eBay but sadly all gone now.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-213 days ago all the hundreds of gadgets that our smart phones replaced In 2015, at least in Canada, smart phones were already ubiquitous. Interesting point about the grinders, I’m just realising I haven’t seen any in forever.
minus-squarecloudy1999@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoOh yeah, coffee grinders in grocery stores. I rarely see those anymore, but they used to be everywhere.
Pay phones, Public water fountains, Coffee grinders in grocery stores, all the hundreds of gadgets that our smart phones replaced, Tons of random accessories for everything were all over stores and eBay but sadly all gone now.
In 2015, at least in Canada, smart phones were already ubiquitous.
Interesting point about the grinders, I’m just realising I haven’t seen any in forever.
Oh yeah, coffee grinders in grocery stores. I rarely see those anymore, but they used to be everywhere.