50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using

Seriously though, why would a fridge need to be connected to WiFi?

Yes, especially if you’re driving, you don’t need to look at a touchscreen and can keep your eyes on the road

Same my friend, same.

Clever friend. Don't be ashamed . Subscriptions socks .

I go to 2nd-hand shops and get old LPs, clean them up, digitise them and add to my computerised collection. Costs around 25c each if you buy a dozen or so. Get stuff you just can't get on CDs or on-line, e.g. my 14 LPs of African tribal drum music.

I've got a big CD collection but never play them anymore. Spotify is so much easier and has greatly expanded my music horizon. After hearing the same CDs for years I like to hear other stuff.

Or use a YouTube to mp3 or Spotify to mp3

Plus with digital they can take it back for no reason and without a refund. I am 100% with you on this.

Call me old fashioned but I like the idea of owning things rather than being at the mercy of a streaming platform.

And when you buy your media that way, no media giant can take it away from you.

Makes no sense to me. You could buy albums as mp3, so you would neither have a subscription or carry physical discs. I already got rid of them 10 years ago. All fit on a usb-stick. Very cofortable especially when you move.

Getting harder to find CDs in shops now. I used to grab some from the bargain bins if they were something I wanted. Been collecting them for nigh upon 40 years.

100% agree...this is the way.

I miss being able to buy Apple Music and sync to my iPod which still works.

I just use the CDs in my car.

And you can find lots of CDs at thrift stores!

.WAV

Where can I get a car with a CD player?

I still have close to 10K vinyl records! Tons of CDs & DVD/Blu. Physical media. I own it. These online services can just push a button and thousands of dollars in "cloud" media can be gone in seconds and there isn't s**t you can do about it.

I don't buy CDs anymore because albums only have the average 3 tracks I like. Apple music or Itunes, I can pick the tracks I like and pay much less to have on multiple devices synced. Moving on with the times.

And also you don't have to find yourself without your favorites just because the streamer decides to remove some artists on a whim...

I do the same thing but I still use an mp3 player instead of the phone. and if all of my digital stuff crashes and I lose it all, I haven't really lost it because I own it all on hard copy. Yeah, yeah, I know - save it to the cloud right? F**k the cloud.

Additionally, the artists get a bigger cut of the CD profits than they do from streaming services.

I swear, if that storage place my wife and I were renting from hadn't "sold our unit by mistake", I would still be listening to the cassettes I had. MANY, MANY cassettes. along with CDs as well.

copy that- me too

Nope, I love Spotify

I do the same thing.

What about the quality of the audio? There's a huge difference between an LP, a CD, and whatever version is offered with a streaming service. If I don't want a produced-in-a-sterile-studio version of a song, I want the live in concert version, that's not always available on the streaming services. My tastes are very eclectic, from contemporary artists to European classic music. I don't want just any Bach cello suites performance. I want Rostropovich. If I can't find him on a streaming service, you better bet I'm gonna get that CD! When a local artist isn't "big enough" for streaming platforms, I buy their cd.

I, too, have my own digital library, except I don't buy CDs. Just buy the digital version to begin with. I don't have to buy the whole album if I only like one or two or three songs.

That sounds like alot of work. Time, money ,effort, more time. I need a much wider variety of music to select from. Free radio stations are great here. Many to choose from. Several dont have traditional commercial breaks either. Nonstop music or change to diff station. Voila.

Same here. My ringtones are from my computer via CD's and music videos downloaded from YouTube and Vimeo to RealPlayer. Add the free Ringtone Maker app, and voilà, free ringtones.

Fornicate upon Spotify

3 new cd's per year. Let's say 25 euro's each, divided by 12 (because year). Is still 6.25 a month. For just a little bit over 2 euros a month extra you have access to all the music of that era you can imagine..

The amount of music you’re missing out on, is staggering.

You can also check them out for free at your local library!

Yup

considering the cost of something like spotify premium being like £130 a year, if someone is buying say, 3 cd's a year (new cd's generally being £15 at the most, unless its a double or special edition) its definitely cheaper for them to just do things their way, and even if it wasn't, who cares? it's their choice. I like to get vinyls, which are more expensive, but mostly still just listen to music on youtube or something lmao.

My fav music, I have CDs I’ve ripped to my computer, and threw them in my music on all devices. I do use Pandora when I want to hear songs from artists I’ve not listened to before, but I don’t use it often. To be an even bigger dork, my hubs and I tend to pick up vinyl at thrift stores and such. We have an old console record player/radio from the 60s, which I prefer to use if we’re playing music at home due to the analog speakers hurting my ears less. We even hooked up an Apple express to it so we can play our combined itunes library. Still love the less harsh sound from the vinyl, though. I also like that I get a music break when it’s time to flip the record stack. No, we’re not “old” people. We’re at either end of Gen X’s age bracket, and grew up with a large assortment of music media options.

I haven't had an optical drive on my computer since 2012. I still have CDs of MP3s in a binder somewhere, though.

This

I got rid of most of my CDs a while ago but now I'm slowly buying my collection back at thrift stores. CDs are $1-2. I rip them and load them into my headset I use when I run.

I still buy CDs, specially if it's from a live gig, you help the band and if you are lucky you get it signed. I often then listen to the CD on Spotify so the band gets vista and share with friends. What I like about Spotify is it's like going to an infinite, almost, record shop. I can spend hours finding artists and bands I didn't know. For 10 euros a month It's money well spent. I don't like the way "your library" is organised. Needs improving.

What a pain. This is why I prefer Pandora. For $5 a month it is also ad free. I am well beyond my college days of ripping music to a device. I have other hobbies.

My friends took me out to dinner, I'm waiting for the person to bring our menus, and my friends said it on their app. What the f***k? they had to download that square thing, to then download something else, I don't need all this c**p on my phone, I already disable a lot of the stuff on it, now I gotta add more, and it makes life harder? No Thanks

I got a Kindle for a gift a year ago and I'm pretty fond of it.

Unnecessary apps are terrible. They don't need my info to order a shelf set.

Notebooks at school are about to extinct. So the beautiful handwring is.

Yes please!

I read an article a while ago that said there is a difference in "Pyrex" and "pyrex" The brand Pyrex sold their name to a company that makes cheap knockoffs, which has the lowercase "p" at the front of the name

I’d love to see cars like this more often, as cars are often the most heavily used machines in your life, unless you take public transport. But alas, it shall not be so

Until you get arthritis...

monthly payments and subscriptions on everything is b******t in general

The noise alone is worth banning the things.

thank you!!!!!

I do charge when I am eating out, but leave a cash tip for servers. I tell them, they don't have to claim it all on their taxes.(oops, any IRS folks out there?)

I can read online books fine, but there's just something about holding a real book that can't be compared with digital.