Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·18 days agoHere in Australia, they are all free now. I presume the phone company realised nobody was using them and preferred to keep them as free billboard spaces.
minus-squarevividspecter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days agoThey tend to have free wifi too so are somewhat useful.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 days agoI think I tried that once and you needed to download a Telstra app or something so I noped out. Ive seen the signs though.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agofun fact: they don’t have private numbers anymore, so you can gather a bunch of random payphone’s numbers for shenanigans.
Here in Australia, they are all free now. I presume the phone company realised nobody was using them and preferred to keep them as free billboard spaces.
They tend to have free wifi too so are somewhat useful.
I think I tried that once and you needed to download a Telstra app or something so I noped out. Ive seen the signs though.
fun fact: they don’t have private numbers anymore, so you can gather a bunch of random payphone’s numbers for shenanigans.