I saw this on social media and it hit home as I totally agree, and it got me wondering what your answer to that question would be?
Created at . Page last updated at .
Just About
Teletext/ceefax? I mean it was basically a read only mini World Wide Web. Died overnight the day you got internet at home.
Awww damn, teletext is a throwback! Is it still available via old TVs!?
Usually me at social events when I'm all peopled out
Common courtesy.
I grew up in a world where you gave up your seat to the elderly or held the door for a lady just to mention a few. It was already slowly disappearing at home, but I was absolutely shocked to not see any trace of it in London. Empty seat on the Tube? A young man jumps at it straight away even if an elderly person is standing nearby. One I gave up my seat to a lady with a walking stick and she was completely shocked which told me this is not a common thing anymore. I'm not that fussed about opening a door for me, in most cases I can do it myself, but for someone to slam it shut right in front of me or push me aside so they can go in first... And we could find a lot more like this.
But if you want a tech-thing, then Blockbusters (or whatever they were called here, where you could rent VHS tapes or later DVDs from)
Yeah the days where you go out buy your preferred media physically is long gone , every time I pass by my little collection of CDs and DVDs of films and games of the old days I feel freedom long gone , now it's all fake behind many walls of payment pages it's out of control , the young ones don't feel it and I understand they didn't experience it , what really went away is the sense of sharing your media (apart from books still surviving ) with your loved ones now it's all a solo Q to the black end credit screen .
I mean everything is a service because it cuts back on logistics of shipping physical products. I only count on one hand the times a digital service is ceased to operate extinguishing the access to a product but I can count many times when physical has failed without support to get it running again..
I think it’s more because it increases companies profits by providing less for the same price and also locking people into a regular payment programme to drive regular revenue than being beneficial for logistics. If physical products were making companies more money you better believe that’s what they would be pushing everyone towards. Also digital is a nice avenue for massive data collection on users which can also be monetised.
Also content control is big with subscriptions giving companies greater control over their content distribution by being able to censor or remove content at will, even if you have purchased it which kind of sucks.
Also the frequent price increases once they have users locked in or feeling dependant on a service are annoying in this day and age of everything spiralling upwards in cost.
Overall, this model benefits companies by creating a more stable and engaging business environment more than the consumer, more money from consumers for less which is why I personally am not a fan of an all digital future and I would rather choice of physical ownership and also digital, not one or the other but choice for users, feels like companies are trying harder and harder to push everyone to the digital only subscription future.
The model also supports creators as well so I don't mind it as much. I rarely go back to play again games or movies that I've completed
That's fair. I am happy for creators to be supported, I just hope that is the case and its not the corporate overlords grabbing every penny they can for shareholder returns (and insane executive pay) as it was when I worked in the corporate world.
I mean the executive holds the reigns of the company. If a product doesn't sell it's the executives heads on the block as well..
Photo cameras
With manny smartphones with higer and higer resolution cameras slowly the profesional cameras will be a weird vintage device
Join the conversation!
Some of the best conversations on the internet are happening here - and our users are getting rewarded for having them. Don't miss out!
Related discussions
Communities
There’s more to love
Help shape the future of our platform as we build the best place to express and enjoy your passions, whatever they may be.
© Just About Community Ltd. 2024