Most people connected to the Internet today have never owned a desktop computer nor an HDD. A crazy amount of people have been introduced to computing with smartphones.
Honestly I don't think that's tru. There were very few kids who truly tinkered with their computers in the old days too - first because not many kids had computers in the first place, and then because computers started being useful without any tinkering. There are still a lot of youths (12-16) today who are flashing LineageOS on their phone or installing Linux on their Chromebook, or whatever. I know because they keep flooding the NixOS Telegram chat that I'm managing - and I try to welcome them with open arms!
Many Android phones still have a bit of that tinkering ability to them (you kinda have access to the file system, and you can root them/flash custom android distros), but it's quickly diminishing because (1) OEMs are locking the bootloaders, (2) it's getting harder and harder to get hardware working without proprietary OEM hacks, (3) bank apps and other proprietary garbage that's becoming a necessity in modern times refuses to run on an unlocked phone.
I would hope, but on the whole you'd almost think they deliberately purged home computing from the mainstream consciousness, with how tragically ignorant the average person is about anything that isn't a little poke-driven rectangle that screams at you all day.
Maybe eventually my kids will have IPv6 as the common sense default and will marvel at the ingenuity of their ancestors to keep using way too few addresses for way too many devices
I'm going to be bold. The internal combustion engine car.
There will be a tipping point where nobody wants to maintain the highly intricate manufacturing for them, and they will stop very quickly. Electric motors are the future and the transition is accelerating. We're currently around 20% of new sales and I expect after 60-70% ICEs will just disappear from sale.
Most countries will be raising taxes on fuel even more and in general it will become less available fast: gas stations, mechanics who know how to fix the ICE old timers etc. it will become a hobby thing (like old timers today already). Certain niches will keep ICE way longer (heavy construction vehicles etc) but it will suddenly become quite rare in 20 or 30 years to see a regular old ICE driven by a regular person doing regular things like commuting or so.
For heavy construction vehicles only three main factors need to align: normal replacement schedule, enough capacity for the heaviest day (which is quite predictable in many industries,) and the charging infrastructure.
The last one is a major hurdle and is holding back EVs on all levels already. In the US it is also the least likely to see improvement anytime soon
I don't know of any millennial or younger who assumes there will be a safety net for them at the end of the road. We just don't trust those in charge to keep it. I'll fight for it, I paid into it and I want others to have it, but I can't bank on it either
There's simply no way to keep pensions. It's like a big pyramid scheme where new people are putting the money and old people are enjoying them; the problem is that old people are growing and they've been living longer, and young people are less and less.
Fuck that, we'll burn it all down if they take social security from us. It's largely paid from existing taxes as it is. We just need to get through this shit show of an administration first. That or pray Mario shows up
I feel like DVDs/Blurays already disappeared 10 years ago and are now making a comeback. Same for CDs. Streaming services don't let you own anything, and if they pull something down, you're SOL. Self hosting Plex and ripping my own disks has given me a level of freedom not possible with netflix et. al. Especially since DVDs are considered garbage to most people now, you can set up your own streaming service for you and your friends and family for cheap. No piracy necessary.
I’ve found myself needing to print something only 1-2 times per year, so I just go to the library to do it. E-waste-wise, this change is for the better
Most of my print jobs... maybe one a month, are for either artistic reasons or for making labels to stick on things.
I do still print tickets out of habit though, just in case I lose/forget my phone or drain the battery that day, though this has literally never happened.
AI technologie could be nice. LLM and Diffusion models ruining the Internet with fake information and Fake art, being over hyped as AI that will change the world, all while burning up unimaginable amounts of energy? Yeah, I also hope it goes away.
I don't think we will be losing optical disks ever.
If burned properly they hold storage for a very long time without data loss. IIRC Facebook burns optical disks for old photographs and instead of having a hard drive array or tape library they had a RAID based optical disk system.
Optical disks are great, but not for the daily user since most media content is online and most storage is judged on being rewritable.
If burned properly they hold storage for a very long time without data loss
They also need very particular storage conditions (temperature and humidity in particular), otherwise they will discrot. But yeah they are likely to store data for longer than solid-state media at least.
The market for them is very thin. With phones getting bigger and convertible laptops being more lightweight I don't see much market for tablets.
Which is a shame because it's s good format for comic reading and more durable than a convertible laptop (they always break by the hinges) but I think in ten years it will be quite hard to find a tablet for sale.
Honestly I would say it might go the other way with laptops disappearing and being replaced with tablets.
The operating systems and software on tablets is getting ever more capable even for productivity stuff. Add to that newer generations growing up while using mostly smartphones and maybe sometimes a computer and I believe if having to decide they would choose a tablet over a laptop. In general the line between laptops and tablets is getting a bit blurry with windows based tablet PC's and tablets that come with a keyboard cover.
Unless digital artists are replaced with AI entirely, I don't see that happening. iPads (unfortunately) are kind of the golden standard there. If anything I expect drawing tablets without screens to disappear.
If anything I think DVDs and Blu-rays are going to rise. All across the media landscape people seem to be getting annoyed with the "own nothing" society we're in. The thrift stores are full of thousands of DVDs for barely any cost. Last week I bought the Matrix 2 and 3 and Der Untergang in DVD for like 3 bucks. Way easier than figuring out in which streaming service to watch them and what OS and browser will let it play at HD resolution. Once "the youth" picks up on this like they did with CDs and digicams the DVD will be back.
Recently In bought a Blu-ray of Star Wars Andor because I love the series and want to support it, but Disney+ wouldn't play beyond 480p on my setup. My trusty old PS3 plays it like a dream and the resulting image is ridiculously sharp compared to streaming.
CDs, cassettes, and vinyl are already booming or in the rise again. And the streaming audio landscape is arguably way nicer than the streaming video lanschape. In photography there's also a wave of film and early digital camera hype.
I hope that the next 10 years brings the resurgence of the physical medium and ownership. And if not that, the resurgence of the high seas.
I mean, you're still able to buy the Star Wars shows on Blu-ray, so physical disks for video content might remain just like people but vinyls as a collectors item. DVDs will be for old content only, but there are still so many that they may nevertheless become popular again.
I mean flash drives, SD card and others are just as good as DVDs these days and are getting cheaper and cheaper by the day so I cannot really see why people would want DVDs and Blue Rays these days
You're right - they're massively better than spinny bits of plastic in every way. Speed, capacity (1tb tfcard the size of your pinky nail), cost (probably) and longevity. DVD/CD's don't last very well in storage.
If it were up to me that'd be fine indeed. But they probably want to retain compatibility with existing setups and unfortunately they will also want some DRM, which Blu-ray provides. A new flash storage (or even just download/file-based) standard should totally be possible, but that'd first require some investment.
Also, there's some joy in having the plastic spinny thing and putting it into a machine to watch the content. Not having all the content ready at your fingertips and instead putting some throught and effort into getting to the content is what makes stuff like vinyl popular again.
No surprise to me. Everything I've heard from smart TVs has made me decide that I don't want one. Expensive telemetry machines. My current TV is basically just a dumb screen and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Well with your DVDs the "HD resolution" question is easily answered: you don't get HD resolution. Weird comparison there. Especially since you complain about Disney+ not going beyond 480p in your specific case - so why buy DVDs with the same shitty resolution?
I'm all for media ownership, but I don't see the point in buying optical discs (with rather limited lifetime) at 720x480px resolution. Blu rays at least offer HD / UHD, but the plastic / coating will still degrade with time.
I think the way to go is a Homeserver (could even be a raspberry pi) where you can somewhat secure your storage with appropriate redundancy.
Because unlike with Disney+ I'd pay like one euro and I'm able to watch the content forever. But you're right, it isn't HD. Blu-ray is tho, with the same benefits
Well with your DVDs the "HD resolution" question is easily answered: you don't get HD resolution. Weird comparison there. Especially since you complain about Disney+ not going beyond 480p in your specific case - so why buy DVDs with the same shitty resolution?
While I generally agree here, resolution isn't everything, bitrate also plays a role, and some content in streaming services has been compressed rather badly so that you get artifacts that you don't have on DVDs. A DVD will certainly look better than 480p streaming content despite a much older codec which light only exists as a reason for an upsell.
I think the way to go is a Homeserver (could even be a raspberry pi) where you can somewhat secure your storage with appropriate redundancy.
And how would you get stuff onto your homeserver legally?
I think this situation is not so black and white. Before we had the current gazillion streaming services and Netflix had almost all content, most would-be pirates weren't even thinking about piracy since the service was good enough. In the current situation with atrocious monthly fees and content being split across 10+ streaming services, there probably are quite a few who legally stream what they can get with their subscriptions and pirate the rest.
True, it's always a combination of resolution and bitrate, though I personally haven't had the kind of artifacting you are describing. However I also never stream movies etc below 1080p, so I can't judge how bad the encoding at 480p is on Disney+. In any case, provided the bitrate / encoding is sufficient, you can never reach the level of visual fidelity of higher resolutions with DVDs.
And how would you get stuff onto your homeserver legally?
Buy and rip Blu-rays, in some rare cases you can actually download DRM-free content, depending on your jurisdiction you may also be able to remove DRM protection legally.
Sodium batteries are already commercially available and although their volumetric energy density and round trip efficiency is lower than lithium I think they are a promising alternative to lead acid and some lithium applications.
Safer, very high power to weight ratio, better self discharge stability and good temperature range performance are the advantages. The most important one is of course the lack of massive environmental impact of water hungry lithium mining in dry environments and the geopolitical challenges evident in lithium sourcing.
There are a few electric vehicles with this chemistry and I predict it will replace lithium based chemistries in lower cost, smaller vehicles.
To add to the other comment - the materials are fundamentally cheaper, and so if manufacturing continues to scale they should be significantly cheaper.
Cash, at least in europe. In my opinion that decision would mark one of the most epic political fails in recent history but I fear, that's what's going to happen.
I just hope that something like GNU Taler (which keeps buyers' privacy and forces sellers to report their earnings properly) becomes the norm, as opposed to the proprietary plastic card transactions we have now. I myself am guilty of switching to that system because cash is just insanely inconvenient, but I also recognize it's pretty bad.
Because iso/power failures, lost/broken devices, let alone the government doesn't need to know every transaction, the inability to gift a displaced person $20, or money in a birthday card.
Wechat and Alipay do all that except the not keeping a record of transactions. There's tons of food places where the entire payment system is just a printed QR code and they just tell you how much to pay so there's nothing that can go down except the phone network and wifi.
You can also just give people money, which seems like it shouldn't work with a credit card because it's technically a cash advance. There's been a dozen times where a store that requires everything go through an app so they can make you click through 3 menus advertising discounts if you buy more items wouldn't work because I didn't have a Chinese number or something, and the employee would put in the order, then I'd give their personal account the money.
Oh yeah, no in America or Europe, if everyone used an app to do basic functions like buying food, it would be exploited to make everything worse, no shot that it would be regulated in a way that favors the people rather than the banks.
Sure, nothing is lower tech than locked box with a slot in it, except maybe accepting IOUs, but most businesses that handle cash today still go down if power goes out, cell service is a little more reliable though.
It is not a matter to "want to hide". It is more a matter to "need to know" access to my personal information. Why government want to know where and when I buy my stuffs? And most important, who will have acces to that? US recently saw that imbecile of Elon Musk being grant access to IRS data.
"want to hide” != Privacy. Maybe I want to donate anonymously. Maybe I want to leave $5 in a community pantry or pay a backyard mechanic. Maybe I want to pay a neighbor for picking up milk for me. Maybe in a world of always on surveillance, it's a small act of resistance.
There are a few countries like Sweden and India that are pushing more and more towards all digital payments and slowly trying to wean off cash. I think this is terrible for a number of reasons.
The big one is I work on the side as an electrician from my day job. I get paid in cash (it's usually only like 5-10 hours a week). I save up that money and have been paying my plumber or tile guy for work that I don't want to tackle on my own at my house. There's a whole undercurrent of labor and an economy that gets paid in cash that does not need uncle Sam's prying eyes. I imagine it will be a long time before banks would stop taking cash in countries pushing for everything to be digital, but who knows.
The other reason is the more vulnerable people in society. You can't tell me that making everything cashless and only payable via smart phone doesn't massively screw someone over who's homeless. A lot of people only get by via panhandling and if suddenly they can't buy food or ride public transit without a phone that is connected to cell service, that is a massive barrier.
Lastly, all cash restaurants and bars. They're still common in my area. Things are usually a little cheaper there and I like paying cash for a few drinks. Or like the one bar I go to is still kinda lawless haha, a PBR is $2.
Regarding 2 and 3, theres a qualitative difference between the chinese government mandating corporations respect privacy and not retain or use biometric data and the US doing so (with the EU somewhere in the middle, usually), and what they have historically used that data for.
Regarding 1, in the event of a total societal collapse where not even phone towers are running, I'm not sure how much utility money would have.
Unless something huge and world-altering happens, there is a 100% chance that it will not disappear in ten years. That would take generations because of the outliers. Although it will massively reduce in usage, and it wouldn't surprise me if non-food stores begin to phase out cash purchases in a decade.
China is already demonstrating this, since pretty much everything is paid for with a phone these days. And some vendors are using "no cash" signs.
Not trusting Chat-GPT results, which are known to hallucinate false information, as your primary search method is a silly take? AI was telling people to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from falling off. If you can see that the source of that information is a Reddit shitpost, you are way more likely to make a good judgment call about the veracity of that information.
If you want searches without sponsored results, use SearXNG or an equivalent that strips out the ads.
You can actually ask for its sources now and fact check yourself. But just like anything you read online, use common sense. I'd see those same results in a Google search too.
If it's something serious, yes. Like fixing something. I also use it as an idea generator. I needed to figure out why my toilet wasn't flushing. It suggested the flapper. So then I went to YouTube and looked up a video on how to install it once it pointed me in a direction.
Yeah I do realize the inevitable problem when their sources dry up because no one is communicating anymore but for the quick questions about how something works in the world it's extremely convenient. I'd just be asking Google anyway.
But you can’t see the source of the information, which means it could be a reputable source, or it could be Joe-Sucks-His-Own-Dick from Reddit. In another comment, I pointed out that AI was telling people to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from falling off—if you can see the source, you are much more likely to understand the veracity of the information.
Not defending this, but it’s annoying because Google and all search engines results are being poisoned by AI written slop. It seems like LLMs may provide a better search experience, but it’s also the thing ruining the search experience.
I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but I imagine if AI slop is ruining search, it will also start to ruin itself when the current slop is used to train future LLMs. Basically I think AI will short circuit itself long term.
Now, will it short circuit itself enough for Microsoft to stop shoving it down our throats, probably not.
Participation in what? A quick search on how to fix my toilet and how a toilet works. You think I was going to sign up for a toilet message board and chat?
Nah, that shit will probably outlive all of us. As the last humans are struggling to survive in the hot hell they used to call earth, someone somewhere will be making a device with USB A <-> Micro B cable included in the box.
Haha yeah in the apocalypse there’s no fancy USB C. But one day it might not be so fancy and new. I haven’t seen an old DVI in a while except electric drum set.
Hard disagree. You can own any file encoded with an open standard. And it's easier to index, search, manipulate, back up, etc. It feels more like owning than having the data on a micrometer-thick metal layer sandwiched in a fragile plastic disc that can easily scratch or discrot. There is a reason people have been ripping CDs since PC CD drivers became a thing.
my answer varies quite a bit depending on whether we mean tech that will be relegated to specific niche use cases and markets, tech that will no longer be produced at all, or tech that can't be found any more, even used.
the first category could include a lot of things, like most of the other suggestions that have already been suggested here, but i don't think there's any chance of blu-ray discs or desktop computers being totally gone in that time frame. the second category will probably include small gasoline powered cars, at least in some countries. and the third category will probably include most standard incandescent or CFL light bulbs, but they might still exist in some niche applications.
I imagine incandescent will remain if for no other reason than lava lamps. They've got just enough fans and the incandescent is perfect for them. If their manufacture goes away some niche uses company will probably pick them up.
Period focused lighting may also use them. And, now I'm remembering the monthly or so task of having to replace light bulbs back when I was a kid. It feels like a ridiculous old timey thing these days, like milkmen.
Disks continue to be the most efficient way to store bonkers amounts of data.
Disks refers to magnetic storage or solid state flash storage.
Discs refers to optical media.
While optical is still king for physical distribution of media to the masses due to its low cost of production, the rise of streaming will certainly be the thing that rips physical ownership from the hands of the people.
Well, I was born in 2000. When I was growing up, DVDs were everywhere. Almost all books that require supplimentary materials would include a DVD with it, we would buy all kinds of games in DVDs. DVD almost gave a feeling of storing the data physically somewhere, like you would include a DVD in a photo album that contains videos, photos were developed and put in albums and so were DVDs because you cannot really develop and watch videos.
DVDs were a part of our culture growing up and as much as I love DVDs, the times are changing and we need to change with it. We need to make peace with the current technology, whatever little it takes from us, it gives 10fold in return. A flash drive takes in that feeling of owning a DVD while providing 10x storage.
I see kids these days prefer sending files over google drive from one device to another near each other because they are too lazy to care about using wires. Funny how technological advancements have changed how people think.
I dont really believe streaming services have much to do with DVDs because people will find a way to download and listen to their favourite songs anyways.
I've heard this before. But the biggest downside of wireless charging for me is I can't use my device while it's charging. Wireless chargers in the vast majority of scenarios aren't even getting rid of wires. You still need to connect the wireless charger to the wall with a cable.
If you don't require it to replace cables it doesn't need to. For adding some energy to the device while it's on your desk or nightstand it works perfectly fine.
The efficiency issue is also exaggerated, phones don't take much power to begin with. Anyone using AC or warm water for convenience is doing much worse in terms of spent energy.
Your Wi-Fi also needs a cable if you want to be pedantic.
The benefit is that there is no overhead involved, in theory you don't even have to think about charging your phone ever again. When it's not in use, just leave it on some of the dedicated places around the house and office that provide wireless charging.
Manual appliances. You can open the fridge, but only if you pay your monthly subscription fee to keep it restocked.
We work hand-in-hand with retailers to make online shopping the default, whilst making the UI only accessible to AI bots, so if you want a stocked fridge; pay your fees.
Yup. Worse still, I can see this extending to other appliances. Haven't paid your monthly washing machine service fee? Our partnership with the only water company in your area authorizes us to shut off your water.
...not quite sure where the hostility is coming from.
The question OP asked is what is likely to vanish in 10 years, and I described the already forced-digitization of household appliances and took it one step further to depict Appliances-as-a-Service, based on the model the printer industry is already rolling out.
How his offends anyone, is a little beyond me. Maybe I should have added quotes?
Bike locks. Surveillance will be expanded to the point that petty crimes will become impossible.
Why the downvotes? Do you disagree with the expectation or do you dislike the development? The question is about what will happen, not what we want to happen. I don't like it but I expect full surveillance in 10 years.
Why should it not happen? If they track everybody crime becomes impossible, as does dissent. The latter is the motivation, the former, as you say, the talking point. Not looking forward to it, but political development suggests that it will happen.
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Wazowski@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 1y
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 1y
*in the US
grranibal@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 1y
I believe it’s propagating outside of the US
wewbull@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 1y
No, we have a vaccine for that.
koper@feddit.nl · 51 pts · 1y
Not disappear entirely, but most households won't own desktop computers or HDDs.
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
Most people connected to the Internet today have never owned a desktop computer nor an HDD. A crazy amount of people have been introduced to computing with smartphones.
huquad@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 1y
As a homelabber, this makes me sad. Perhaps enshittification will push people back into home/local computing.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 1y
Scrollone@feddit.it · 6 pts · 1y
I agree. I'm also very sad when I see small kids watching YouTube videos on tablets; that's pretty much all they do.
Where's the fun of tinkering? Trying to build things? Trying fixing problems, such as formatting?
Kids don't even have the concept of files and folders. We're raising a generation of digital slaves.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Honestly I don't think that's tru. There were very few kids who truly tinkered with their computers in the old days too - first because not many kids had computers in the first place, and then because computers started being useful without any tinkering. There are still a lot of youths (12-16) today who are flashing LineageOS on their phone or installing Linux on their Chromebook, or whatever. I know because they keep flooding the NixOS Telegram chat that I'm managing - and I try to welcome them with open arms!
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Many Android phones still have a bit of that tinkering ability to them (you kinda have access to the file system, and you can root them/flash custom android distros), but it's quickly diminishing because (1) OEMs are locking the bootloaders, (2) it's getting harder and harder to get hardware working without proprietary OEM hacks, (3) bank apps and other proprietary garbage that's becoming a necessity in modern times refuses to run on an unlocked phone.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
I would hope, but on the whole you'd almost think they deliberately purged home computing from the mainstream consciousness, with how tragically ignorant the average person is about anything that isn't a little poke-driven rectangle that screams at you all day.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
M.2 > HDD
golden_zealot@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 1y
Clearly not IPV4.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 10 pts · 1y
Shit. I've been waiting for IPv6 for 20 years.
zenforyen@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
Maybe eventually my kids will have IPv6 as the common sense default and will marvel at the ingenuity of their ancestors to keep using way too few addresses for way too many devices
lorty@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Funnily enough I recently had to disable ipv4 in a game because of connection issues.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
My ISp shares a single IPv4 between multiple customers, NAT 444.
So my PC is on 192.168.1.4 on the LAN, my router is on 10.183.13.62 on my ISPs network and some number of customers are sharing 84.146.73.54
They don't give out IPv6 addresses though.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 36 pts · 1y
I'm going to be bold. The internal combustion engine car.
There will be a tipping point where nobody wants to maintain the highly intricate manufacturing for them, and they will stop very quickly. Electric motors are the future and the transition is accelerating. We're currently around 20% of new sales and I expect after 60-70% ICEs will just disappear from sale.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 1y
freebee@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Most countries will be raising taxes on fuel even more and in general it will become less available fast: gas stations, mechanics who know how to fix the ICE old timers etc. it will become a hobby thing (like old timers today already). Certain niches will keep ICE way longer (heavy construction vehicles etc) but it will suddenly become quite rare in 20 or 30 years to see a regular old ICE driven by a regular person doing regular things like commuting or so.
Analog@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
For heavy construction vehicles only three main factors need to align: normal replacement schedule, enough capacity for the heaviest day (which is quite predictable in many industries,) and the charging infrastructure.
The last one is a major hurdle and is holding back EVs on all levels already. In the US it is also the least likely to see improvement anytime soon
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
folaht@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
I don't think that's bold.
It's already at 25% last month and 50+% in China.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y
It's only the timescale I'm unsure about.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
A majority of Chinas EVs outside of Shenzhen are hybrids. Unless youre counting vespas, there's way more electrics.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 5 pts · 1y
I think the EU has plans to stop the sale of ICEs in 10 years, so... that could start a snowball effect.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I believe this.. But the USA being an exception
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 1y
They are rolling coal in the wasteland while civilised people live in the clouds, jetsons style
narr1@lemmy.ml · 34 pts · 1y
Social security and pensions I think.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 15 pts · 1y
I don't know of any millennial or younger who assumes there will be a safety net for them at the end of the road. We just don't trust those in charge to keep it. I'll fight for it, I paid into it and I want others to have it, but I can't bank on it either
Scrollone@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y
There's simply no way to keep pensions. It's like a big pyramid scheme where new people are putting the money and old people are enjoying them; the problem is that old people are growing and they've been living longer, and young people are less and less.
msage@programming.dev · 10 pts · 1y
The problem is the owners don't pay their fair share, nothing else.
Productivity has risen to cover everything.
huquad@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Fuck that, we'll burn it all down if they take social security from us. It's largely paid from existing taxes as it is. We just need to get through this shit show of an administration first. That or pray Mario shows up
nieminen@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Please be "ai"... Please be "ai"...
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 25 pts · 1y
3G networks
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 1y
I feel like DVDs/Blurays already disappeared 10 years ago and are now making a comeback. Same for CDs. Streaming services don't let you own anything, and if they pull something down, you're SOL. Self hosting Plex and ripping my own disks has given me a level of freedom not possible with netflix et. al. Especially since DVDs are considered garbage to most people now, you can set up your own streaming service for you and your friends and family for cheap. No piracy necessary.
inlandempire@jlai.lu · 23 pts · 1y
I'd say consumer printers
We're running towards all digital, only a few edge cases will still require them
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 1y
self-inflicted, if they played nice we would all be printing from home.
upside is less paper waste
turkalino@lemmy.yachts · 10 pts · 1y
I’ve found myself needing to print something only 1-2 times per year, so I just go to the library to do it. E-waste-wise, this change is for the better
moseschrute@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Luckily we’ve invited 10 new gadgets for you to make sure we meet our E-waste goals
NKBTN@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
Most of my print jobs... maybe one a month, are for either artistic reasons or for making labels to stick on things.
I do still print tickets out of habit though, just in case I lose/forget my phone or drain the battery that day, though this has literally never happened.
DandomRude@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Hopefully fax machines, but these things seem incapable of dying.
IttihadChe@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y
Unless you're trying to use one. Then they're always broken.
lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
German government has entered the
chatlandlineumbrella@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
moseschrute@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Well obvious umbrella. It’s bad luck to open you in the house, and we don’t keep the fax machines outside.
OADINC@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
Fun? Fact, I'm in my mid twenties and have never used them.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 1y
hopefully ai
BussyCat@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
We call it AI now but machine learning algorithms have been around for 70 years now and basically run the world
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
AI technologie could be nice. LLM and Diffusion models ruining the Internet with fake information and Fake art, being over hyped as AI that will change the world, all while burning up unimaginable amounts of energy? Yeah, I also hope it goes away.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
No way. We will build grids and power for eventual AI takeover of common employees like fast food. It's a sad future.
SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Thus converting a workforce of poorly paid fast food employees into one of highly paid utility workers.
POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 1y
I don't think we will be losing optical disks ever.
If burned properly they hold storage for a very long time without data loss. IIRC Facebook burns optical disks for old photographs and instead of having a hard drive array or tape library they had a RAID based optical disk system.
Optical disks are great, but not for the daily user since most media content is online and most storage is judged on being rewritable.
juliebean@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
i completely agree, though i hope that eventually we can settle on something like Cerabyte for long term archival storage.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
They also need very particular storage conditions (temperature and humidity in particular), otherwise they will discrot. But yeah they are likely to store data for longer than solid-state media at least.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 1y
Tablets.
The market for them is very thin. With phones getting bigger and convertible laptops being more lightweight I don't see much market for tablets.
Which is a shame because it's s good format for comic reading and more durable than a convertible laptop (they always break by the hinges) but I think in ten years it will be quite hard to find a tablet for sale.
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y
Honestly I would say it might go the other way with laptops disappearing and being replaced with tablets.
The operating systems and software on tablets is getting ever more capable even for productivity stuff. Add to that newer generations growing up while using mostly smartphones and maybe sometimes a computer and I believe if having to decide they would choose a tablet over a laptop. In general the line between laptops and tablets is getting a bit blurry with windows based tablet PC's and tablets that come with a keyboard cover.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org · 9 pts · 1y
RIP PDAs with keyboard. Another form factor I miss
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Unless digital artists are replaced with AI entirely, I don't see that happening. iPads (unfortunately) are kind of the golden standard there. If anything I expect drawing tablets without screens to disappear.
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 1y
All of it, humanity will be wiped out in the Second Emu War, and birds don't need phones.
chetwisniewski@lemmy.securitycafe.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Birds aren't real
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y
If anything I think DVDs and Blu-rays are going to rise. All across the media landscape people seem to be getting annoyed with the "own nothing" society we're in. The thrift stores are full of thousands of DVDs for barely any cost. Last week I bought the Matrix 2 and 3 and Der Untergang in DVD for like 3 bucks. Way easier than figuring out in which streaming service to watch them and what OS and browser will let it play at HD resolution. Once "the youth" picks up on this like they did with CDs and digicams the DVD will be back.
Recently In bought a Blu-ray of Star Wars Andor because I love the series and want to support it, but Disney+ wouldn't play beyond 480p on my setup. My trusty old PS3 plays it like a dream and the resulting image is ridiculously sharp compared to streaming.
CDs, cassettes, and vinyl are already booming or in the rise again. And the streaming audio landscape is arguably way nicer than the streaming video lanschape. In photography there's also a wave of film and early digital camera hype.
I hope that the next 10 years brings the resurgence of the physical medium and ownership. And if not that, the resurgence of the high seas.
3abas@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
They'll never come back because studios will never release new movies on them.
Piracy is coming back strong, but I don't personally see myself going back to burning DVDs instead of buying HDD/SSDs.
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
I mean, you're still able to buy the Star Wars shows on Blu-ray, so physical disks for video content might remain just like people but vinyls as a collectors item. DVDs will be for old content only, but there are still so many that they may nevertheless become popular again.
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y
I mean flash drives, SD card and others are just as good as DVDs these days and are getting cheaper and cheaper by the day so I cannot really see why people would want DVDs and Blue Rays these days
digdilem@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
You're right - they're massively better than spinny bits of plastic in every way. Speed, capacity (1tb tfcard the size of your pinky nail), cost (probably) and longevity. DVD/CD's don't last very well in storage.
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
If it were up to me that'd be fine indeed. But they probably want to retain compatibility with existing setups and unfortunately they will also want some DRM, which Blu-ray provides. A new flash storage (or even just download/file-based) standard should totally be possible, but that'd first require some investment.
Also, there's some joy in having the plastic spinny thing and putting it into a machine to watch the content. Not having all the content ready at your fingertips and instead putting some throught and effort into getting to the content is what makes stuff like vinyl popular again.
Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Apparently theres a rise in demand for "dumb TVs", to the point people are paying a premium...no sources, I read it on Lemmy.
zod000@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I bought one last year and when I need to replace a TV, I will do it again.
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
No surprise to me. Everything I've heard from smart TVs has made me decide that I don't want one. Expensive telemetry machines. My current TV is basically just a dumb screen and I wouldn't want it any other way.
vintageballs@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Well with your DVDs the "HD resolution" question is easily answered: you don't get HD resolution. Weird comparison there. Especially since you complain about Disney+ not going beyond 480p in your specific case - so why buy DVDs with the same shitty resolution?
I'm all for media ownership, but I don't see the point in buying optical discs (with rather limited lifetime) at 720x480px resolution. Blu rays at least offer HD / UHD, but the plastic / coating will still degrade with time.
I think the way to go is a Homeserver (could even be a raspberry pi) where you can somewhat secure your storage with appropriate redundancy.
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y
Because unlike with Disney+ I'd pay like one euro and I'm able to watch the content forever. But you're right, it isn't HD. Blu-ray is tho, with the same benefits
Laser@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
While I generally agree here, resolution isn't everything, bitrate also plays a role, and some content in streaming services has been compressed rather badly so that you get artifacts that you don't have on DVDs. A DVD will certainly look better than 480p streaming content despite a much older codec which light only exists as a reason for an upsell.
And how would you get stuff onto your homeserver legally?
PeregrinoCinzento@lemmy.pt · 2 pts · 1y
I was with you until:
"And how would you get stuff onto your homeserver legally?"
🙊🙉🙈
Laser@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
I mean if you're going for the piracy route, you never used streaming services or bought physical media anyways and the whole discussion is moot.
PeregrinoCinzento@lemmy.pt · 2 pts · 1y
Oh no... And don't presume. Just ask.
Because I DID buy them and used the services.
I just, now, think disney, Spotify....whatever....none of them, deserve a penny more.
So i do my part against these corporations, by not giving them anything.
You do you. Buy the things.
Buy.
Buy.
Buy.
Buy....
vintageballs@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
I think this situation is not so black and white. Before we had the current gazillion streaming services and Netflix had almost all content, most would-be pirates weren't even thinking about piracy since the service was good enough. In the current situation with atrocious monthly fees and content being split across 10+ streaming services, there probably are quite a few who legally stream what they can get with their subscriptions and pirate the rest.
vintageballs@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
True, it's always a combination of resolution and bitrate, though I personally haven't had the kind of artifacting you are describing. However I also never stream movies etc below 1080p, so I can't judge how bad the encoding at 480p is on Disney+. In any case, provided the bitrate / encoding is sufficient, you can never reach the level of visual fidelity of higher resolutions with DVDs.
Buy and rip Blu-rays, in some rare cases you can actually download DRM-free content, depending on your jurisdiction you may also be able to remove DRM protection legally.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
I don't expect it so quickly, but hopefully lithium ion batteries (and variants like Li-poly, LiFePO4, etc)
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 1y
Sodium batteries are already commercially available and although their volumetric energy density and round trip efficiency is lower than lithium I think they are a promising alternative to lead acid and some lithium applications.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org · 8 pts · 1y
What are their advantages?
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 1y
Safer, very high power to weight ratio, better self discharge stability and good temperature range performance are the advantages. The most important one is of course the lack of massive environmental impact of water hungry lithium mining in dry environments and the geopolitical challenges evident in lithium sourcing.
There are a few electric vehicles with this chemistry and I predict it will replace lithium based chemistries in lower cost, smaller vehicles.
htrayl@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
To add to the other comment - the materials are fundamentally cheaper, and so if manufacturing continues to scale they should be significantly cheaper.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
Maybe in the not too distant future we will build our roofs out of solar panels and walls out of batteries.
iii@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 1y
Can you explain why and how? Do you imagine other (better?) batteries, or the disappearance of the need for batteries?
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
It's definitely the former.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yes, better batteries that don't spontaneously combust, and last for far more charge cycles
feinstruktur@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 1y
Cash, at least in europe. In my opinion that decision would mark one of the most epic political fails in recent history but I fear, that's what's going to happen.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
I just hope that something like GNU Taler (which keeps buyers' privacy and forces sellers to report their earnings properly) becomes the norm, as opposed to the proprietary plastic card transactions we have now. I myself am guilty of switching to that system because cash is just insanely inconvenient, but I also recognize it's pretty bad.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Why would it be a failure? I loved never having to carry anything but a phone in China.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 1y
Because iso/power failures, lost/broken devices, let alone the government doesn't need to know every transaction, the inability to gift a displaced person $20, or money in a birthday card.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Wechat and Alipay do all that except the not keeping a record of transactions. There's tons of food places where the entire payment system is just a printed QR code and they just tell you how much to pay so there's nothing that can go down except the phone network and wifi.
You can also just give people money, which seems like it shouldn't work with a credit card because it's technically a cash advance. There's been a dozen times where a store that requires everything go through an app so they can make you click through 3 menus advertising discounts if you buy more items wouldn't work because I didn't have a Chinese number or something, and the employee would put in the order, then I'd give their personal account the money.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 1y
I don't have access to those. I'm in the Evil Empire.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Oh yeah, no in America or Europe, if everyone used an app to do basic functions like buying food, it would be exploited to make everything worse, no shot that it would be regulated in a way that favors the people rather than the banks.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 1y
There are still power and internet outages possible, climate disasters aren't going to only hit those who deserve it.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Sure, nothing is lower tech than locked box with a slot in it, except maybe accepting IOUs, but most businesses that handle cash today still go down if power goes out, cell service is a little more reliable though.
Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
As goverment can known your card transactions already if needed, then what transactions you want to hide?
3abas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
The comparison was to cash, not credit cards. The government doesn't know who I hand cash to.
Coding4Fun@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
It is not a matter to "want to hide". It is more a matter to "need to know" access to my personal information. Why government want to know where and when I buy my stuffs? And most important, who will have acces to that? US recently saw that imbecile of Elon Musk being grant access to IRS data.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 1y
"want to hide” != Privacy. Maybe I want to donate anonymously. Maybe I want to leave $5 in a community pantry or pay a backyard mechanic. Maybe I want to pay a neighbor for picking up milk for me. Maybe in a world of always on surveillance, it's a small act of resistance.
octobob@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
There are a few countries like Sweden and India that are pushing more and more towards all digital payments and slowly trying to wean off cash. I think this is terrible for a number of reasons.
The big one is I work on the side as an electrician from my day job. I get paid in cash (it's usually only like 5-10 hours a week). I save up that money and have been paying my plumber or tile guy for work that I don't want to tackle on my own at my house. There's a whole undercurrent of labor and an economy that gets paid in cash that does not need uncle Sam's prying eyes. I imagine it will be a long time before banks would stop taking cash in countries pushing for everything to be digital, but who knows.
The other reason is the more vulnerable people in society. You can't tell me that making everything cashless and only payable via smart phone doesn't massively screw someone over who's homeless. A lot of people only get by via panhandling and if suddenly they can't buy food or ride public transit without a phone that is connected to cell service, that is a massive barrier.
Lastly, all cash restaurants and bars. They're still common in my area. Things are usually a little cheaper there and I like paying cash for a few drinks. Or like the one bar I go to is still kinda lawless haha, a PBR is $2.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah those are all pretty valid. Going cashless requires a lot more from society than just giving everyone an app.
lmao you should see how cheap liquor is in asia.
feinstruktur@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Regarding 2 and 3, theres a qualitative difference between the chinese government mandating corporations respect privacy and not retain or use biometric data and the US doing so (with the EU somewhere in the middle, usually), and what they have historically used that data for.
Regarding 1, in the event of a total societal collapse where not even phone towers are running, I'm not sure how much utility money would have.
mriswith@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Unless something huge and world-altering happens, there is a 100% chance that it will not disappear in ten years. That would take generations because of the outliers. Although it will massively reduce in usage, and it wouldn't surprise me if non-food stores begin to phase out cash purchases in a decade.
China is already demonstrating this, since pretty much everything is paid for with a phone these days. And some vendors are using "no cash" signs.
appropriateghost@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y
I have no idea but hopefully the 'Proprietary' branch of human technology is discontinued.
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
If things continue on the path they're already on, it will get worse, sadly. At least that's my opinion. I really hope it dies out.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
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El_guapazo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Voting machines
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
YES, In the USA (United Slaves of America.)
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu · 10 pts · 1y
Commercial TV
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Bluerays will still exist because of japanese laws. How am I supposed to get my anime without dimming if I don't pirate bluerays?
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
So that's the secret! When I first noticed this happening I thought I was a little bit crazy lol.
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Search engines, I guess. No I won't elaborate, mostly because I have no confidence.
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 1y
I'm already using ChatGPT to replace 80% of my Google searches. No sponsored bullshit. Yet.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 1y
Talk about being part of the problem.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
This is such a silly take.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y
Not trusting Chat-GPT results, which are known to hallucinate false information, as your primary search method is a silly take? AI was telling people to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from falling off. If you can see that the source of that information is a Reddit shitpost, you are way more likely to make a good judgment call about the veracity of that information.
If you want searches without sponsored results, use SearXNG or an equivalent that strips out the ads.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
The silly take is that using it is “part of the problem”.
Also, the glue on pizza thing is nearly a moot point. The models are much more advanced now and will continue to be.
The commercial LLM’s can share their sources now so that’s also a moot point.
It’s not going away. Learn to use it effectively.
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You can actually ask for its sources now and fact check yourself. But just like anything you read online, use common sense. I'd see those same results in a Google search too.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Do you ask for the sources every time?
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
If it's something serious, yes. Like fixing something. I also use it as an idea generator. I needed to figure out why my toilet wasn't flushing. It suggested the flapper. So then I went to YouTube and looked up a video on how to install it once it pointed me in a direction.
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah I do realize the inevitable problem when their sources dry up because no one is communicating anymore but for the quick questions about how something works in the world it's extremely convenient. I'd just be asking Google anyway.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y
But you can’t see the source of the information, which means it could be a reputable source, or it could be Joe-Sucks-His-Own-Dick from Reddit. In another comment, I pointed out that AI was telling people to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from falling off—if you can see the source, you are much more likely to understand the veracity of the information.
moseschrute@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Not defending this, but it’s annoying because Google and all search engines results are being poisoned by AI written slop. It seems like LLMs may provide a better search experience, but it’s also the thing ruining the search experience.
I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but I imagine if AI slop is ruining search, it will also start to ruin itself when the current slop is used to train future LLMs. Basically I think AI will short circuit itself long term.
Now, will it short circuit itself enough for Microsoft to stop shoving it down our throats, probably not.
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
deur@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 1y
BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Participation in what? A quick search on how to fix my toilet and how a toilet works. You think I was going to sign up for a toilet message board and chat?
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Windows for home consumers/home PCs hopefully.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Maybe USB A?
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Nah, that shit will probably outlive all of us. As the last humans are struggling to survive in the hot hell they used to call earth, someone somewhere will be making a device with USB A <-> Micro B cable included in the box.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Haha yeah in the apocalypse there’s no fancy USB C. But one day it might not be so fancy and new. I haven’t seen an old DVI in a while except electric drum set.
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 1 pts · 1y
Here's hoping that some USB flavors will be phased out, but then again, fucking TIFF is still around, so...
venusaur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Talking about image files? What’s wrong with TIFF?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
I don't know about DVDs, nearly 2 decades ago I thought optical media was dead and yet somehow it's still here.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social · 4 pts · 1y
Aux cables
Greg@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Car keys/fobs
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I am with you on physical media, and it is sad. Physical media is the only media you really own.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Hard disagree. You can own any file encoded with an open standard. And it's easier to index, search, manipulate, back up, etc. It feels more like owning than having the data on a micrometer-thick metal layer sandwiched in a fragile plastic disc that can easily scratch or discrot. There is a reason people have been ripping CDs since PC CD drivers became a thing.
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Files on your own hardware are equally good as physical media.
juliebean@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
my answer varies quite a bit depending on whether we mean tech that will be relegated to specific niche use cases and markets, tech that will no longer be produced at all, or tech that can't be found any more, even used.
the first category could include a lot of things, like most of the other suggestions that have already been suggested here, but i don't think there's any chance of blu-ray discs or desktop computers being totally gone in that time frame. the second category will probably include small gasoline powered cars, at least in some countries. and the third category will probably include most standard incandescent or CFL light bulbs, but they might still exist in some niche applications.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I imagine incandescent will remain if for no other reason than lava lamps. They've got just enough fans and the incandescent is perfect for them. If their manufacture goes away some niche uses company will probably pick them up.
Period focused lighting may also use them. And, now I'm remembering the monthly or so task of having to replace light bulbs back when I was a kid. It feels like a ridiculous old timey thing these days, like milkmen.
brisk@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Lava lamps actually don't have any fans, the motion is driven by convection instead! /jk
Coding4Fun@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Social media as we know.
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
I thought disks were dead 10 years ago
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Discs**
Disks continue to be the most efficient way to store bonkers amounts of data.
Disks refers to magnetic storage or solid state flash storage.
Discs refers to optical media.
While optical is still king for physical distribution of media to the masses due to its low cost of production, the rise of streaming will certainly be the thing that rips physical ownership from the hands of the people.
Dont stop buying DVDs or Blurays
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Sorry for the spelling
Well, I was born in 2000. When I was growing up, DVDs were everywhere. Almost all books that require supplimentary materials would include a DVD with it, we would buy all kinds of games in DVDs. DVD almost gave a feeling of storing the data physically somewhere, like you would include a DVD in a photo album that contains videos, photos were developed and put in albums and so were DVDs because you cannot really develop and watch videos.
DVDs were a part of our culture growing up and as much as I love DVDs, the times are changing and we need to change with it. We need to make peace with the current technology, whatever little it takes from us, it gives 10fold in return. A flash drive takes in that feeling of owning a DVD while providing 10x storage.
I see kids these days prefer sending files over google drive from one device to another near each other because they are too lazy to care about using wires. Funny how technological advancements have changed how people think.
I dont really believe streaming services have much to do with DVDs because people will find a way to download and listen to their favourite songs anyways.
daggermoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I'll be sad if DVD's and Blu-ray's go away.
fjordo@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 1y
I'd say charging cables / most kinds of wires.
People are used to and comfortable with wireless charging these days despite it being spotty in terms of availability.
Better charging rates and capacity to power larger appliances might end up with you having a completely wireless home.
dingus@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
I've heard this before. But the biggest downside of wireless charging for me is I can't use my device while it's charging. Wireless chargers in the vast majority of scenarios aren't even getting rid of wires. You still need to connect the wireless charger to the wall with a cable.
deur@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 1y
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y
I agree but tech could improve
wewbull@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y
Not really. Power induction through air is inherently lossy. That's just physics.
amorpheus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
If you don't require it to replace cables it doesn't need to. For adding some energy to the device while it's on your desk or nightstand it works perfectly fine.
The efficiency issue is also exaggerated, phones don't take much power to begin with. Anyone using AC or warm water for convenience is doing much worse in terms of spent energy.
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 0 pts · 1y
I still fail to see the advantage of wireless charging. In both case a cable is involved.
amorpheus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Your Wi-Fi also needs a cable if you want to be pedantic.
The benefit is that there is no overhead involved, in theory you don't even have to think about charging your phone ever again. When it's not in use, just leave it on some of the dedicated places around the house and office that provide wireless charging.
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y
Only true wireless charging would kill wired chargers. The so called wireless charger still need to be charged with a cable
baatliwala@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Not going to happen, quite a few phones have 65W+ chargers nowadays which wireless can't replicate
Alsjemenou@lemy.nl · 1 pts · 1y
Next ten years? Sounds more like a 50/100 year prediction
pepper0@aus.social · 0 pts · 1y
@Justathroughdaway
requirement to prove that you are not a robot
tetris11@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 1y
Manual appliances. You can open the fridge, but only if you pay your monthly subscription fee to keep it restocked.
We work hand-in-hand with retailers to make online shopping the default, whilst making the UI only accessible to AI bots, so if you want a stocked fridge; pay your fees.
conicalscientist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Sounds like an out of touch tech bro.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Yup. Worse still, I can see this extending to other appliances. Haven't paid your monthly washing machine service fee? Our partnership with the only water company in your area authorizes us to shut off your water.
deur@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 1y
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
...not quite sure where the hostility is coming from.
The question OP asked is what is likely to vanish in 10 years, and I described the already forced-digitization of household appliances and took it one step further to depict Appliances-as-a-Service, based on the model the printer industry is already rolling out.
How his offends anyone, is a little beyond me. Maybe I should have added quotes?
plyth@feddit.org · -10 pts · 1y
Bike locks. Surveillance will be expanded to the point that petty crimes will become impossible.
Why the downvotes? Do you disagree with the expectation or do you dislike the development? The question is about what will happen, not what we want to happen. I don't like it but I expect full surveillance in 10 years.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 20 pts · 1y
Ha! The police don't pursue crimes against cyclists.
plyth@feddit.org · -2 pts · 1y
It will be fully automated. You mark the position and time, an AI checks the record and the thief will be punished. No police nor judge needed.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Doesn't really keep my bike where I expect it to be, though, does it? So what does all that violation of human rights actually buy us?
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Once all thieves are 'treated', who should move a bike?
Violated humans. Political stability by removing all dissidents.
I am not arguing for surveillance, I just assume that it will come.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
just parroting the talking point of those who are?
plyth@feddit.org · 0 pts · 1y
Why should it not happen? If they track everybody crime becomes impossible, as does dissent. The latter is the motivation, the former, as you say, the talking point. Not looking forward to it, but political development suggests that it will happen.