Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months 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-squarecloudy1999@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoOh yeah, coffee grinders in grocery stores. I rarely see those anymore, but they used to be everywhere.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-25 months 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-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThe grinder thing is because Keurig K-Cups came out, and the entire industry shifted towards selling those instead.
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.
Oh yeah, coffee grinders in grocery stores. I rarely see those anymore, but they used to be everywhere.
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.
The grinder thing is because Keurig K-Cups came out, and the entire industry shifted towards selling those instead.
TIL.