Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-215 hours agoURL shorteners, AMP? Micro USB? Edit: Thinking of things that weren’t made obsolete but just unprofitable… Physical menus at restaurants, useful search results, human support staff, non-subscription software, open APIs, useful product reviews
minus-squarePodPerson@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·15 hours agoI hate with a burning passion QR code scan menus.
minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 hour agoQR codes are great! They let hackers replace it with their own so they can infect your phone 🫠. Bonus points if they offer an app to download and really get at stealing your data. /s
minus-squarepyrflie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 hours agoI don’t have a smartphone, so QR code menus mean I don’t eat there.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·14 hours agoI saw on Kitchen Nightmares one time where the QR code pointed to http://localhost/ haha
minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoIve been on a restaurant where that happened
minus-squarethatonecoder@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 hours agoHaven’t watched such an episode yet, but the developer likely said “Works fine on my machine!”, LOL.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours ago“Closed. Cannot reproduce”
URL shorteners, AMP? Micro USB?
Edit:
Thinking of things that weren’t made obsolete but just unprofitable…
Physical menus at restaurants, useful search results, human support staff, non-subscription software, open APIs, useful product reviews
I hate with a burning passion QR code scan menus.
QR codes are great! They let hackers replace it with their own so they can infect your phone 🫠.
Bonus points if they offer an app to download and really get at stealing your data. /s
I don’t have a smartphone, so QR code menus mean I don’t eat there.
I saw on Kitchen Nightmares one time where the QR code pointed to http://localhost/ haha
Love it
Ive been on a restaurant where that happened
Haven’t watched such an episode yet, but the developer likely said “Works fine on my machine!”, LOL.
“Closed. Cannot reproduce”