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

Have you ever noticed that your grandparents' old fridge just keeps on ticking, despite often being multiple decades old? Or the home screen of a new phone has a Christmas tree’s worth of lights and color on it for no good reason? Well, you aren’t alone.

Someone asked “What's a piece of 'obsolete' technology you still use today because it's better than the modern version?” and people gave their favorite examples. From good, old-fashioned knobs in their cars to, thankfully, not-smart home appliances, get comfortable before you read through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own suggestions below.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Any non-“smart” things. Light bulbs, doorbell, washing machine, fridge, etc. I don’t need any of them to connect to the internet. Just do the basic job and don’t break or quickly become obsolete, please.

rustybeancake , Burak The Weekender / pexels Report

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458points

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Mark 11 months ago

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

146points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Knobs in my car to control radio and heat/ac. So much safer than screens

Many-Day8308 , Breakingpic / pexels Report

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442points

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Mark 11 months ago

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

103points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Not exactly obsolete, but I've been told it's odd in 2023. I buy physical CDs, rip them to my hard drive, put a copy on my phone, and listen to my music without ad interruptions or subscription costs.

Edit: and for all you "bUt ThAt'S mOrE eXpEnSiVeR!" folks, no it ain't. I'm in my 40s. I listen to mostly the same s**t I listened to in the 90s, and I've already had most of my music collection for 25+ years. I'm buying 3 new CDs a year, max.

Dr_Girlfriend_81 , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

Final score:

428points

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Stephanie Newman 11 months ago

Same my friend, same.

131points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Paper menu… why you making take a picture of a square, go to a website and squint on my phone to see what you got to eat.

Empty-Taste-2777 , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

Final score:

389points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

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

168points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Books. I take books out the library, read them, return them. Seeing what books are available on my “want to read list” is a fun game in itself.

rustybeancake , Abby Chung / pexels Report

Final score:

322points

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Mike F 11 months ago

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

102points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Opening a damn web browser and going to a store's website instead of using an app, if the option is there.

Time_Significance , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels Report

Final score:

314points

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Mike F 11 months ago

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

180points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Paper and pencil.
Way better than trying to write or draw on an ipad

Empty-Taste-2777 Report

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301points

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Joeshar 11 months ago

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

54points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Wired headphones. Wireless airbuds make me irrationally angry, it just seems so frivolous and easy to lose.

LonkFromZelda , Jess Bailey Designs / pexels Report

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299points

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Mark 11 months ago

Yes please!

52points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using 100% all kitchen stuff like kitchenaids, mixing bowls, old Pyrex, old wooden spoons, Dutch ovens, ect all were better before the 90's newer items of all these things especially Pyrex are flimsy. The appliances have planned obsolescence and new Pyrex baking dishes I'm scared to even use in the oven because I've had 2 explode on me. My old ones I inherited from my grandmother never given me an issue

iHaveaQuestionTrans , Tina Witherspoon / unsplash Report

Final score:

286points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

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

169points

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#10

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A few years ago I was really broke and had no car, so I bought a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with 200,000 miles on it. That car lasted all the way up to 350,000 miles. Yeah, stuff broke on it, but it was so easy to fix and parts were so cheap.

I had zero mechanical skills, and I was able to bring that car back from the dead on 3 separate occaisions with incredibly basic tools just by reading a manual.

They literally do not make cars like that anymore.

Vict0r117 , Mihis Alex Report

Final score:

271points

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Mark 11 months ago

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

33points

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#11

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Can opener. The manual ones work just fine, I don't know why an electric one that takes up space on the counter 24/7 when it gets used for all of 10 seconds is necessary.

lilduf95 , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

Final score:

268points

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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago

Until you get arthritis...

175points

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#12

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still use Adobe CS6 because paying monthly for software is some b******t.

SchrodingersNutsack , Christin Hume Report

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247points

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Genevieve DeLangie 11 months ago

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

194points

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#13

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using F*****g leaf rake.
Leaf blowers are a scourge. In most cases they save 10% of the time it takes to rake, while annoying 100 people at once.

Mikesaidit36 , Autumn Mott Rodeheaver Report

Final score:

240points

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LauraDragonWench 11 months ago

The noise alone is worth banning the things.

148points

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#14

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My job is restoring/conserving obsolete objects (mechanical clocks), does that count?

uitSCHOT , Ahmet Polat Report

Final score:

239points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

thank you!!!!!

64points

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#15

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Cash. I live in one of the most digitalized countries in the world and we are already so cashless that some places don't even accept cash anymore, even though they're still required to by law.

I still insist on paying with cash to everyones annoyance. It doesn't rely on power or internet and it's anonymeous, the latter being important to me.

JanetWuzHere , Ivan Samkov Report

Final score:

222points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

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?)

57points

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#16

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Books and traditional media. Harder to navigate than the online ones, but kind of stimulates the brain more with less distractions and more peace.

Express-Cheesecake46 , Alex Gállego / pexels Report

Final score:

209points

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JoyfulZebra 11 months ago

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

146points

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#17

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A normal paper calendar. Idk why i just don't check the calendar on my phone, and I sometimes use a 50 something year old radio because it sounds nice, especially when my headphones run out of battery.

Kjabus , Leeloo Thefirst / pexels Report

Final score:

196points

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Mike F 11 months ago

They can be expensive.

6points

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#18

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Word and MS Office. NOT THE 365 subscription.

2Loves2loves , Bram Naus Report

Final score:

188points

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Zaphod 11 months ago

I still use my Windows Office 2007. They have not added any functionality that I need since. It irks me when my laptop automatically starts new documents in Office 365

48points

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#19

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Vehicles without touchscreens.

LadyTreeRoot , Jude Wilson Report

Final score:

186points

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Agfox 11 months ago

Up until recently, you had to use the Tesla touchscreen to open the glovebox. Now you can do it in one model (maybe in all) by a long press of one of the scroll wheels on the steering wheel. I guess that's 'progress'...

19points

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#20

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Pen and paper works so much better than Android notes.

ScotiaG , Ivan Samkov Report

Final score:

184points

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BrownTabby 11 months ago

As someone with doctor handwriting, the notes app has been a godsend for me tbh

39points

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#21

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using If I can find something that’s not reliant on electricity to operate, I’ll opt for it. I have a hand coffee grinder instead of an electric one. I have a French press instead of a coffee maker. I have a hand crank pasta maker instead of a motor operated or a kitchenaid pasta attachment. I’ve gotten to a point where I’m trying to find items that can end up being heirlooms, that’s how well built they are. F**k planned obsolescence, honestly.

whataboutsam , Mizuno K / pexels Report

Final score:

177points

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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago

These people have never heard of the joint problems of old age...

98points

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#22

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A manual transmission, for a given definition of "better"

disturbed286 , Ulrick Trappschuh Report

Final score:

174points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

Every car I've ever bought was manual transmission. Easier and cheaper to drive and repair

51points

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#23

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using DVD and Blu-ray. Streaming is almost never at anything approaching full resolution.

SlientlySmiling , Maria Luiza Melo / pexels Report

Final score:

168points

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MrsFettesVette 11 months ago

I like that I can actually own media and never have to worry that a service will lose their license to carry it. I have bought some digital copies of films out of desperation (like being stuck in a hotel room during a storm) and I never feel like I really own the movie. Plus, the complex ins and outs of negotiating music rights for movie soundtracks means some films might never make it to streaming.

73points

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#24

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

mrg1957 , RDNE Stock project / pexels Report

Final score:

154points

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Nancy Bourque 11 months ago

I think cast iron is more popular now than it ever was.

59points

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#25

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My fountain pen.
I have a Parker 51 from '69. It's just so smooth

affordable_firepower , Eugene Chystiakov Report

Final score:

153points

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Sue Denham 11 months ago

And classy. There's something so sophisticated about using a fountain pen.

49points

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#26

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

jba126 , Amaury Gutierrez Report

Final score:

150points

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Kar Red Roses 11 months ago

The person that wrote this note failed penmanship class or is high af. 😵‍💫

113points

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#27

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Actual address book. I have many in my phone. But when I’m doing Christmas cards/invitations/announcements, I go to the book every time.

meadow_chef , Mx. Granger / wikipedia Report

Final score:

138points

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Mike F 11 months ago

I do on in a spreadsheet format. It very handy.

27points

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#28

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using The old "unsafe" gas cans that don't leak gas all over the place.

snack__pack , Thiemo Schuff / wikipedia Report

Final score:

129points

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David Long 11 months ago

My old ones always leaked. But the new ones have a spout that sticks out well past the edge of the can, so you can bump into it and knock the spout right off. And that's supposedly safer.

14points

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#29

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My #7 Griswold cast iron skillet. Small logo so it isn’t that old, but it’s from 1938-1957. I use it to scramble eggs, bake cornbread, chocolate cornbread, quiche, and kielbasa, and I love it. It is way better than modern cast iron, the company polished the interior surface to make it super non-stick.

SeddelCougar , Jarek Ceborski Report

Final score:

120points

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Regina Holt 11 months ago

Chocolate cornbread??? I have never heard of such gloriousness before. Now I NEED some!!

41points

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#30

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Hardwired network connections.

terraceten , Pixabay / pexels Report

Final score:

119points

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Mike F 11 months ago

This. I got a new router a year and change ago. The replacement only had 3 ethernet ports. I bought a switch so now I can connect everything I need to and still have space.

24points

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#31

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Mechanical wrist watch. Technically keeps worse time than a $12 quartz Casio but they are amazing little machines/engines you can wear on your wrist (and are still only off by a few seconds a day).

Conundrum1911 , Philip Lindvall / pexels Report

Final score:

117points

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Paul Bull 11 months ago

I love mechanical watches. Just remember to wind before bed & 1st thing in the morning, Never overwind,

18points

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#32

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still use a washer from the early 2000’s. It’s very analog. Parts are easy to replace and it keeps chugging along. We have a local appliance shop that still stocks parts.

My parents buy a new washer about every 2-3 years because of technology issues.

Mines ugly, but it works.

Now, that being said, if and when I upgrade. I’ll probably upgrade to a speed Queen.

Fuel_junkie , Carlos Lindner Report

Final score:

116points

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Tams21 11 months ago

Planned obselescence is a great example of just how terrible humans can be. Make deliberately inferior products so the rich get more money whilst the rest have spend money unnecessarily. All while stripping the planet of resources it doesn't have and animals of their habitats. F**k planned obselescence and f**k the people getting rich from it.

91points

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#33

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My wife recently cancelled Disney+ and brought out this massive collection of old VHS tapes to make the kids go through. I had forgotten how awesome it is actually owning a copy of a piece of media, instead of having to search online to see what platforms it might be streaming on.

ParrotOx-CDXX , Bruno Guerrero Report

Final score:

116points

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Kar Red Roses 11 months ago

The ads and previews on those old tapes are great too.

28points

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#34

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I enjoy talking to a person with instead of doing something purely online. (Some banking, customer service, general questions about product...etc...)

Guppy-Warrior , Mike Jones Report

Final score:

115points

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Joshua 11 months ago

I might agree with this if I don't have to spend an hour trying to negotiate with a robot to speak with a customer service rep. As it stands now you gotta sell a kidney, promise to name your first born child Siri, or sacrifice a goat to the AI god.

67points

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#35

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Older vehicles, easily repaired, fraction of the cost of new

leo1974leo , j Report

Final score:

113points

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Kar Red Roses 11 months ago

At 17 I learned to drive in a 1971 Mercedes Benz belonging to friends of the family— and old Betsy Benz is still up and running today!

26points

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#36

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still have a micro cassette player that i have since 1988. I recorded my dad, my mum, who have passed away, myself when I was 18. It’s priceless. It stopped working recently but I just replaced the belt and it works now perfectly.

dougheadline , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

Final score:

108points

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Xitxarel•lo Panda 11 months ago

Awwwww. I miss my walkman Sony .........my best years at highschool

29points

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#37

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Old tools. My garage sale planes are as good as anything made today. My panel saw is perfect. Now, there's a bunch of survivorship bias and sharpening going on here, but I love them.

chiffed , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

106points

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Xitxarel•lo Panda 11 months ago

Old tools are always good. The guy that fix's my truck have almost 70 years and have old tools and he is awesome fixing trucks and sometimes I help him and learn. Don't underrate old tools or old ppl, they are wise .

36points

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#38

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Record player (vinyl)

whatstefansees , Victrola Record Players Report

Final score:

105points

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Kar Red Roses 11 months ago

Pry my record collection from my cold, dead GenX hands

54points

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#39

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I love analogue photography!

I recognize that a digital camera is better in most respects like resolution (unless you're using large format cameras or special film), number of images, image rate, immediate results, ability to delete images without recourse, and so on.

But I have yet to handle a camera that feels as nice as a solid all metal mechanical marvel from decades ago, still working fine today. Even if not, these can still be serviced and handed down for generations.

Plus you can try many different types and formats of cameras for a fairly low price.

mampfer , Alex Andrews Report

Final score:

99points

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Linnoff 10 months ago

Check out "I'm Back Film" it's a new company making a digital insert for film cameras so you can use your old camera but capture pictures onto an sd card.

2points

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#40

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Ipod classic. F**k apple for ending it.

lonely-loner-666 , Stahlkocher / wikipedia Report

Final score:

90points

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PHOTOBOB 11 months ago

I just bought a renewed one last year. Have over 25K songs on it. Many are not Vailable for streaming. I will never give it up as long as it still works. And yes. I might go months without hearing the same song twice.

22points

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#41

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A double edged razor. Much better and closer shave, it eliminated razor bump and ingrown hairs for me, new blades are $.10 when purchased 100 at a time from many online vendors.

RealMichiganMAGA , Odoyle5150 / wikipedia Report

Final score:

87points

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Trisec Tebeakesse 11 months ago

Heh, even older - I shave with a straight razor! I work in South Boston and drive by Gillette every day. Phooey on your 9-blade, $20/each replacement costs!

26points

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#42

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I have a really nice binder that holds 3-4 small notebooks in it that I use for work.

I transfer the major projects and such to Microsoft ToDo or OneNote, but for day to day note-taking, absolutely nothing beats pen and paper.

chogram , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

82points

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Ruth 11 months ago

They will have to pry pen and paper from my cold dead hands.

38points

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#43

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Original Nintendo DS. Never once has that video game device given me an ounce of trouble or forced me to buy some subscription service to be able to play my games. Maybe not the most advanced, but definitely the best-lasting tech gadget I’ve ever been gifted.

lemontreetops , shrk / flickr Report

Final score:

80points

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Will Cable 11 months ago

Yep, still play with ours too.

14points

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#44

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Old dumb tv. Turn it on and it works. My smart TV takes minutes to turn on and load, download and install mandatory update, freeze up, restart, play ads, then freeze up again when I try to select what I want to actually watch.

SNES_Salesman , Nguyen Huy / pexels Report

Final score:

78points

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RaroaRaroa 11 months ago

Pretty sure these TVs don't work in our country anymore. NZ has only digital TV since 2013. OK if you're just watching DVDs, but otherwise, no TV.

29points

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#45

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Analog alarm clock. No electricity no problem. And the alarm is gentle.

NecessaryExplorer883 , Ola Dapo Report

Final score:

74points

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Joshua 11 months ago

I don't agree that the alarm is "gentle". My parents bought me one years ago when I said I needed a new alarm clock. That thing scared the s**t out of me every morning when it went off. But, hey, I never overslept.

93points

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#46

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I use VLC media player. It's been around since like 2000, and it's much better than the built-in video player which doesn't even support streaming or any advanced features that VLC has.

HotChilliWithButter , Donald Tong Report

Final score:

71points

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Judes 11 months ago (edited)

VLC isn't obsolete and it's still really popular.

26points

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#47

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Printer with no wifi

sigmund14 , George Milton / pexels Report

Final score:

65points

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roddeckf 11 months ago

Now that's a stretch. WiFi printers are just too convenient

43points

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#48

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I just really wish I still had a blackberry. Damn i LOVED that keyboard!

cecepoint , Randy Lu Report

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60points

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MrsFettesVette 11 months ago

I really miss having a tactile keyboard.

33points

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#49

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

KKZBLUEEYES3 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

56points

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Kar Red Roses 11 months ago

We have three VCRs here and a huge library of tapes. One of the VHS players is a backup still sealed in the box. One is for our regular movie watching, and occasional recording TV. The last one is a dual DVD/VHS burner player thingamabob. We use that to convert one type of obsolete media into another :)

23points

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#50

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I used to wear a smartwatch. I travel internationally a lot for work now, and it was annoying that I had to connect to the internet to access the app to change time zones. So now I just wear a $20 Casio that lets me cycle time zones at the push of a button. Extra bonus is I don't need to charge it, which is convenient on its own and one less cord I need to bring.

edit: Never knew it was even called this, but after many comments: yes, it is a Casio Royale. Never even knew it was a whole thing, it was just what I grabbed off of Amazon at some point. Love the thing though.

MuzzledScreaming , Luke Chesser Report

Final score:

54points

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SM 11 months ago

I don't wear a watch anymore (I don't like things on my wrist), but one thing that amazed me when I did own a cheap Casio (had stopwatch, was waterproof, ...) is that the battery in it lasted for something like 25 years!

23points

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Rayne OfSalt 11 months ago

This is peak reddit pretentiousness. Almost nothing listed is "outdated", it's just a bunch of redditors trying to beef up their egos. "oooh, I use a paper calendar not an app" - yeah, so do millions of others buddy. That's why there's calendar stores in every shopping mall before xmas.

35points

Ash 10 months ago

I would say that many young people WOULD consider many of the things on this list "outdated". There's a difference between "outdated" ("most people I know don't use that anymore") and "obsolete" ("you cannot buy this in stores anymore"). It's more a generational thing than a pretentious thing.

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xczechr 10 months ago

Right? Like how can a wooden spoon possibly be obsolete. Ridiculous.

SadieCat17 (she/her) 10 months ago

And older people wanting to feel special or fancy for being better than those "silly dumb kids" when most of gen z already knows or uses most of these.

1point

marianne eliza 11 months ago

More bells and whistles, more things to break down.

8points

Phil Vaive 10 months ago

For a lot of them, though, they automatically back up the data so if something happens, you're not totally boned. If you lose a physical daytimer, you have no idea what your appointments were. House fire? All your physical photos are gone. Whereas if my phone breaks, all the photos are still in my apple account. If my laptop quits on me, my schedule still exists. I don't lose any info because it's all backed up. That's one of the major conveniences of using technology. I agree there are a lot of downsides, but I think we tend to over-romanticize the past without remembering the downfalls there too.

The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

Practical effects in movies... and music! This is sort of cool: I always thought of Pink Floyd as a synth band because they were so cutting-edge in sound. But it turns out they use synth a lot less than I thought. Shine On You Crazy Diamond was recorded with 500 crystal glasses. They also used a clavinet, which is an amped clavichord, a Wurlitzer piano, a Rhodes piano, glass harmonicas (spinning crystal glasses), pedal steel guitars, tape effects, a Hammond. Don't get me wrong: they also used a minimoog and two different EMS synthesizers. The difference is that when bands like Styx went Hi-def they suddenly sounded cheesy, because the synths weren't designed for such realism, but higher-fidelity music players just make Pink Floyd sound better and better. (Although a 67 RPM vinyl stil sounds awesome.). Yeah, those crystal glasses so beautiful in Shine On Pt 1!

The Original Bruno 11 months ago

(Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos LOOK like synthesizers, but they're actually based on amplifying the noise of tuning forks struck by hammers.)

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