Did you see the remote? Are you sitting on it by any chance? Could it be under that pillow? Is it wedged between the cushions? Those questions are about to become ancient history as remote controls are on their way out of our lives.
Instead of remote controls, different TV service suppliers encourage their users to download a remote app to their phones. This way, even if they misplace it, they can always call it and follow the ring to see where it is. Of course, voice commands are also factoring into this process.
Answering Machines
Another thing that can be found more easily in a movie than in real life is an answering machine. Once an ingenious invention, revolutionizing the world through voice mail, it is now becoming obsolete. Not only that, but people nowadays often avoid leaving and listening to voice messages, ditching them for written texts.
The only ones using voice messages today are the older generation and those who contact them frequently. The modern reincarnation of answering machines is recorded messages sent as part of a text chain. Apparently, that form of recording is not as frowned upon.
Parking Meters
Municipalities are nowhere near close to stop ticketing people for parking violations. Still, people running to feed the meter before getting a ticket are about to become something you only see in old movies. So is putting on your reading glasses to read the fine print on the meter.
With new, modern apps taking over the place of outdated parking meters, fishing for coins in your purse is a sight that is getting less and less frequent.
Digital Cameras
Another piece of technology becoming obsolete thanks to smartphones is the digital camera. Once the best way to preserve your memories from a trip or vacation, now it does nothing more than sitting in that drawer you never open.
Not only can smartphones take great quality pictures, you can also instantly share those pictures with your friends and family, and upload them to a cloud so you never lose them no matter what happens to your cell.
DVDs
Going to Blockbuster to rent a movie is the old times’ Netflix and chill. Now there is little to no content you can’t find online. With streaming services reigning supreme on the watch-at-home industry, there is simply nothing that DVD libraries could offer.
DVD movies can still be found in vintage stores and occasional bookstores. But still, even if you feel a little nostalgic and want to watch a DVD movie, where on earth will you find a DVD player to play it with?