Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day 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-up2·9 hours 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-21 day 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-up4·21 hours 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.