Book lovers might deny this one, but it doesn’t mean it’s not coming. Many would agree that there is nothing quite like the smell of a new book or getting lost in a second-hand bookstore. However, digital reading devices such as Kindles are increasingly taking over.
Sure, exploring the bookshelves at the library is a lot of fun, but so it is having countless books within reach on one small gadget. Digital books are also not as romantic as paper ones, but reducing the use of paper altogether just might be worth it.
Corded Headphones
Bluetooth technology has slowly been changing many aspects of our lives. Such a major aspect is the way we listen to music. Connecting our phones to portable speakers has been fairly common in modern-day parties. But the change is also happening individually with wireless headphones and earphones.
Being the tech leader that it is, Apple sentenced wired headphones to death when it came out with Airpods. The company’s new mobile devices don’t even have headphone ports. Other tech companies soon followed suit, and people were happy to adapt this change and be free from constantly untangling their headphones.
Paper Bills
When Destiny’s Child released their immortal song Bills, Bills, Bills it was long before the modern-day blossom of environmental movements and Greta Thunberg. Back then, all bills were printed on paper, put in an envelope and sent by mail.
Thankfully, modern-day companies are a little more environmentally aware and make a conscious effort to reduce paper waste. This means that more of your bills are starting to find their way to you via alternative means such as emails or texts.
Checkbooks
Checkbooks are becoming extinct, and that’s probably because they are money-related paper products. With the use of paper going out the window and easy-to-use payment apps, check books simply have no business in this world anymore.
Stores and other businesses often have a “no checks” sign by the counter. It looks like they figured out that this payment method is too much of a hassle to deal with. So there really is no reason for you to hold on to that little checkbook you have lying in the drawer of your bedside table.
Alarm Clocks
Waking up early for work or for school is one of the hardest things we do on a daily basis. That might be the reason why we dislike the sound of our alarm clock. Well, used to dislike it. It’s not that getting up in the morning has become any easier, but we simply don’t use a separate device for it.
Just like many other gadgets that we once used routinely, this too has found its way into our phones. Now we can choose a song we want to wake up to, or use an alarm app to determine when to wake up based on our sleeping patterns!