Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square140linkfedilink
minus-square200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 days agoThere’s a payphone by one of the elementary schools here. I wonder if it’s more likely that a kid without a cellphone is more likely to use it?
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 days agoHere in Australia, they are all free now. I presume the phone company realised nobody was using them and preferred to keep them as free billboard spaces.
minus-squarevividspecter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoThey tend to have free wifi too so are somewhat useful.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoI think I tried that once and you needed to download a Telstra app or something so I noped out. Ive seen the signs though.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agofun fact: they don’t have private numbers anymore, so you can gather a bunch of random payphone’s numbers for shenanigans.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoActual prepubescent children, in my experience, no longer recognise something without a touchscreen as a phone.
There’s a payphone by one of the elementary schools here. I wonder if it’s more likely that a kid without a cellphone is more likely to use it?
Here in Australia, they are all free now. I presume the phone company realised nobody was using them and preferred to keep them as free billboard spaces.
They tend to have free wifi too so are somewhat useful.
I think I tried that once and you needed to download a Telstra app or something so I noped out. Ive seen the signs though.
fun fact: they don’t have private numbers anymore, so you can gather a bunch of random payphone’s numbers for shenanigans.
Actual prepubescent children, in my experience, no longer recognise something without a touchscreen as a phone.