Things that won't be typically used in 10 years?

I dunno man i was just trying to start a fun thread with different ideas. Don't sweat the small stuff

To answer your questions you are right I did laugh and damn I went to Best Buy and they had no CDs... oh wait they did ranging from music to movies to games and software Hot Damn! When did Best Buy go George Bush era on me?

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I wish it was fax machines. The bane of my existence as an IT person that has to deal with the medical field and attorneys.

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Tax people too. IRS doesn't do email, and a lot of states don't either.

CDs and Kodi are not typically used now.

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- satellite dishes
- cable boxes
- laptops for home use

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I think they'll still be pretty common

Banks will be a lot different.
Cashiers may not exist

In before "good posts on TD"

Standard light bulbs
Basic thermostats

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- satellite dishes

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For TV signal, sure, but I'm interested to see what comes from Elon Musk's plan to cover the globe with low orbit broadband satellites. The low orbit cuts the latency issue satellite internet has now to make it a viable broadband alternative.

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- laptops for home use

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I can see a shift back to 1 computer per family rather than 1 computer per person since they'd be rarely used, but there are still times when you need to use an actual computer with a mouse and keyboard.

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- any cables like hdmi / Ethernet

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Wired > Wifi for so many things, from speed to security. Ethernet's not going anywhere. People will still use it at work and most of the home users of Ethernet either are in a small space where running a cable isn't a big deal, or they are doing gaming where speed and reliability of the signal are very important.

As for HDMI, I think it will take longer than 10 years for that kind of change to occur. But I can see a combination of wifi/bluetooth becoming the standard transmission method. Can any networking/media guys give a reason why the connection between the streaming box and the TV needs to remain wired?


As for my predictions

- Landline phones. Most people I know that still have them are either old or have it for an alarm system.

- Remote controls. They'll still probably come with devices, but in 10 years I'd be pretty disappointed if Alexa couldn't handle everything we do with multiple remotes now.

- Non LED light bulbs. They are still too expensive but once the market shake out and consolidates the prices will come down. I've bought several LED bulbs on clearance, when they only cost twice as much as incandescent bulbs instead of 7x, it really is a no-brainer.

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I wish it was fax machines. The bane of my existence as an IT person that has to deal with the medical field and attorneys.

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I could not function without a fax machine.

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There are ones you can already get that are really cheap. The amount of power savings and life of LEDs is already at the point where you are dumb to still be using incandescent.

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i already have a shelf full of older LED bulbs that work perfectly fine i've replaced with smarter LEDs with more features or better light output.

2 years ago i was crowing about how i wasnt going to replace them for 20 years