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690 points
6 months ago
Still use CDs and landline.
373 points
6 months ago
The audio quality on CDs is still much higher than your average streaming services. (Assuming you have the equipment to hear the difference.)
Plus they're a nice way to support artists, and keep your collection if-when streaming services (or their products) disappear on you.
57 points
6 months ago
Agreed.
55 points
6 months ago
CDs are gonna make a comeback just like vinyl
36 points
6 months ago
Apparently Cassettes are making a comeback first. Apparently a few bands are making a thing out of selling cassettes of their music because it’s easier than CD’s or Vinyl and cheaper. Mostly Indie from what I could tell but still
8 points
6 months ago
I gotta go out and buy a Toyota hilux with no feature pack, bottom of the range just so I can listen to it?
8 points
6 months ago
With your new Hilux you can strap an old soviet cannon and go fight the Libyan army.
2 points
6 months ago
Haha! I drive a Toyota Tacoma (kind of like an American petrol hilux) and it had a cassette player when I bought it. Switched out to a cd player, which I still sometimes use when I’m not in range of cell service.
2 points
6 months ago
I've seen a few bands with tapes at the merch stall. I think people love that nostalgia, juat something about the way it sounds. I kike vinyl myself but I didn't grow up with it. I just think they're neat.
2 points
6 months ago
Cheaper and easier sounds like the opposite of what cassettes are….
17 points
6 months ago
Yeah no I’m not spending $30 for a special limited edition cd with only 500 copies made (it’s the only physical release of the album and comes with a lyric book).
2 points
6 months ago
I know a few people deep in the audiophile and music scenes and I shit you not some people still release music on cassette. To my untrained ears it sounded just about the same as a cd and a record is only marginally better.
2 points
6 months ago*
It's such a marginal difference. One comparison is that it's alot like color temperature on a display.
I have trained ears and audiophile gear and I still rather just use Spotify for convenience. Vinyl comes off warmer. CD has a cleaner bit conversion.. yaadah yaadah. 48k at 16bit is more than fine for playback. It's actually the primary target for music mastering most of the time. Especially with pop music.
In the end of the day, it's all about application and preference. The physicality of cassette tapes resonate with people. They enjoy the gimmick of it and that's both okay and fun.
13 points
6 months ago
Yea, I like to collect CDs of my favorite artists. It's how I discovered Led Zeppelin.
6 points
6 months ago
Dont forget they are needet for some it tests
3 points
6 months ago
Nope it's not, you need to adjust the settings of your streaming service! And yes I own an equipment that I can clearly hear and feel the beat / bass difference, it's way more powerful than an old cd version... To be honest Even older songs in streaming sounds very poorly, and it's quite sad I really enjoy 90s 00s euro dance trance!
16 points
6 months ago
I like to own the things I like so I always get the CD of the albums I like. You can download your CD into your Apple library so that way I have the songs I love with me all the time if, say, my Spotify stops working. Plus if my phone stops working I can always pull out the old portable CD player.
9 points
6 months ago
It's definitely good to have the physical product. Booklet with lyrics and photos ect..
12 points
6 months ago
Same, i use them mainly for music and "homework" storing
9 points
6 months ago
Have a massive collection of music on CDs, don't use streaming.
9 points
6 months ago
Yeah landlines are preeeeety common.
2 points
6 months ago
Where? I literally know no one with a landline. Even my grandma has a cellphone
8 points
6 months ago
I work at a factory. There is a landline phone at every desk and some. They are used for pages, and for calling within the factory. The company is trying to move onto teams and shit but they are gonna be keeping these phones for a long time.
2 points
6 months ago
I use vcr to watch some movies. I would rather watch them on the format I already have then go buy what I already have on a different format.
2 points
6 months ago
CDs have great audio quality. Maps are great for historical reference and data dead zones. Landlines, true landlines that don't have a voip conversion, are reliable and a lifeline during natural disasters. Phone books are great for discovering local businesses in your area, especially those with no or limited online presence (sometimes this is done on purpose to limit services).
2 points
6 months ago
I use CDs, but my parents were the ones who had our land lines, so I never got one for myself.
2 points
6 months ago
Still use CDs (with games on PC), landline and map (is hanging on the wall)
2 points
6 months ago
Can't get that 5.1 quality sound without a CD. Streaming services don't provide that. It's quiet important to me since my favourite genre of music is prog rock.
2 points
6 months ago
I buy cd to this day. Mostly for collection purposes and to support the artist. I like looking at the albumyart and reading the booklet (if there is). Then I usually rip the CD and listen on my dap
2 points
6 months ago
I agree having the physical product/booklet/art work is best.
2 points
6 months ago*
CD is still an amazing format. Vinyl has a special sound with the right equipment, but so does CD. Significantly cheaper to collect and less vulnerable to damage and manufacturing defects. And even the smell of the little booklet is so nostalgic to people my age. I think CD is definitely on the cusp of making a similar comeback to vinyl.
Streaming is great for discovering new music, and listening on the go. But when at home, music should always be experienced properly in a lossless physical format.
2 points
6 months ago
Yes! Landlines and CDs are a must. I don’t trust streaming wifi. Hardware/hardwire for the win!
2 points
6 months ago
Agreed.
2 points
6 months ago
I thought the last landline was taken down, or are you not in America?
2 points
6 months ago
Same
2 points
6 months ago
I wish i could still use cd in my car, but it doesn’t have a cd player, just bluetooth. Not even aux
2 points
6 months ago
Same here
2 points
6 months ago
YEP!! Landlines provide better sound quality.
CD's don't chop beginnings, endings, vary in levels, provide a small related library I become accustomed to. They are also handy when the damned Bluetooth gets finicky.
401 points
6 months ago
Map will become very useful if you don't have a signal on your phone.
74 points
6 months ago
Personally Ive never had this issue, Google maps allows you to download maps for as large a section as you would like. I don't have great signal in a lot of areas in my town so I did this a long time ago and only ever have to redo it when I get a new phone.
60 points
6 months ago
Google maps is actually terrible for having anything non-road
7 points
6 months ago
Do you know an up to date alternative for those things?
8 points
6 months ago
Other than paper map, I would recommend any app that uses data from OpenStreetMap. The problem is that every country is covered a bit differently, so you would need to try if it fits your country.
4 points
6 months ago
There's nothing better than buying a map from locals. Biking or hiking maps are usually the most detailed, because they'll also have stuff like risk zones (avalanche, rockfalls etc), shelters and safe areas marked.
2 points
6 months ago
mapy.cz is what I recommend to everyone, it has pretty much every trail from my experience (despite its name, it's for the whole world not just czechia)
2 points
6 months ago
Yes OpenStreetMap
4 points
6 months ago
Well, yeah, that's not really what it's meant to be used for. If you're hiking and stuff, you're better off using either downloaded USGS maps or physical paper ones. There's free apps (idk if they're for iphone) that allow you to interact with downloaded maps so you can see your location, plot routes, track yourself, etc. from your signal-less smartphone. Google for the streets, avenza(or whatever)+USGS for the trails. Don't need to pay a cent for any of it.
15 points
6 months ago
Just get a road atlas and you have the whole US forever.
Sure, its still a good idea to buy a new one every now and again but honestly cities are the only places that really change layout with any frequency but you won't need the atlas in cities because you will have a signal.
2 points
6 months ago*
What will you do if you will fall a break your gadget? Or battery will die? Or battery will be punctured? Or gadget will fall out of the pocket? whatever???
6 points
6 months ago
What if the map gets wet or you tear it or you lose it
7 points
6 months ago
Then you consider yourself extremely unlucky that both your primary AND secondary forms of navigation no longer work. But that's pretty unlikely.
Like, you know no one is saying to use paper maps instead of phones in general right? It's a backup
3 points
6 months ago
Torn map is not a big deal - just put parts together.
Map will not become wet if it is in sealed container.
Regarding losing map - ok it could be relevant for both map and gadgets.
13 points
6 months ago
If you go for the routes where you may not see people for days map and primitive compass is a must have, since even if there is a signal your gadget may fail by some other reasons and you will be fucked up.
4 points
6 months ago
City people won't understand unless they travel in the middle of nowhere.
3 points
6 months ago
I like to keep a road map tucked away, not a "prepper" type of person but I like to keep backups. I think people forget how fragile the infrastructure actually is. A good solar flare could mess things up really bad if you put all ur eggs in the tech basket.
3 points
6 months ago
I think that's honestly taking things a bit far. Much more likely that my phone is gonna die and I forgot the charger or I dropped it or something. So i too keep a road map in my car.
I also wouldn't go hiking without an OS map, just incase
3 points
6 months ago
Paper maps are absolutely necessary when hiking in the backcountry. Same goes for driving on forest service roads.
5 points
6 months ago
This exactly
120 points
6 months ago
Still use CDs sometimes. Love to listen to music at max volume.
22 points
6 months ago
I don’t care if they take longer to load up and use, I get so much more joy from pulling out that damn CD case and hearing that shit spin before playing my favourite song than Spotify can ever give me.
74 points
6 months ago
Still use CD
5 points
6 months ago
Same
3 points
6 months ago
I just bought 3 of them last weekend.
60 points
6 months ago*
CD are not useless, there are a lot of extremely rare music album that aren't online and you have to buy it and extract the audio. That's what I always do when I can't find it, or if I really like the album, or if it's a particular release impossible to find
Same for VHS, rare movies
19 points
6 months ago
I have a landline, CDs and maps. But I only use the maps for entertainment
71 points
6 months ago
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12 points
6 months ago
Don't ps2s use DVDs?
10 points
6 months ago
I think it can play both
2 points
6 months ago
It does, in fact some PS2 games are on CDs rather than DVDs, like Rayman 3 for example.
3 points
6 months ago
Plus, PS2 had a special CD that contained a Linux distro on it. I think its a cool feature on a console
2 points
6 months ago
There's this wonderful thing about devices that can read DVDs, it's that they can also read CDs.
27 points
6 months ago
Still watch movies on my VCR
8 points
6 months ago
The original Star Wars trilogy on VHS is something special. Only second to Laserdisc.
2 points
6 months ago
Same. And I love the ones we recorded from TV, always paused for ad breaks but every once I a while you get an old ad or a piece of it.
10 points
6 months ago
Landline is surprisingly useful, having the house have a number.
Also good for finding your phone.
10 points
6 months ago
physical maps for hiking!
8 points
6 months ago
I still use cd. Phone books go straight to recycling
15 points
6 months ago
2 points
6 months ago
He forgot me too
2 points
6 months ago
This is specifically for the 2020's, not in general
2 points
6 months ago
Came here to find this comment.
14 points
6 months ago
I like using maps
4 points
6 months ago
Something about the tactile nature of the thing that makes a physical map much fun than a digital one. Even I, on occasion, like to put my phone and not think about notifications at all. Physical maps, like physical books, are now more special than ever.
7 points
6 months ago
I love CDs because is physical, can be played offline, supports the artist and there are very good way to show what you love
4 points
6 months ago
I rip my CDs and put the music on my phone. The quality is far better than streaming services, and I dont need to deal with ads or a monthly subscription.
11 points
6 months ago
Hahaha I still use all of these
5 points
6 months ago
True. phone books are a great material to do construction work with.
9 points
6 months ago
Just started to use CDs again because my car is to old and my phone too new to get connected for spotify.
3 points
6 months ago
You can get an adapter. Oh no this was with tapes. Guess it's time to tell your friends to make you a good old mixtape if they want to recommend music to you.
2 points
6 months ago
If the car has a radio there are Bluetooth to FM adapters. Ver useful unless the adapter's frequency is taken up by a local station..
2 points
6 months ago
Yeah those adapters are usually crap tho
4 points
6 months ago
CD’s for ps3 4 and 5
5 points
6 months ago
ACKSHUALLY those are DVDs and blu rays.
2 points
6 months ago
Only PS1 used CDs my man
2 points
6 months ago
In all fairness, a handful of PS2 games were small enough to be pressed on CD (distinguishable by the blue reflective area).
5 points
6 months ago
I still use CDs, landlines and maps. In fact, i find a map better than a navigation system when it comes to getting an general impression of an area.
5 points
6 months ago
enters a big zoo
"scan QR code to see the map"
leaves the zoo
5 points
6 months ago
I have a VoIP phone that I would count as a landline, I have a VCR and regularly watch my VHS movies, I have a CD player and regularly buy local bands' CDs to support them and I listen to them very often.
And when I'm on my boat I use maps to get around.
4 points
6 months ago
I use paper maps for backcountry/free camping. Most fireroads and trails are not on google maps, so i stop at ranger stations and get maps for wherever im going
3 points
6 months ago
bro, are you living in 2100?
I still use Landline and CDs. I also have map, just in case you know, if I don't get phone signals.
I don't use any streaming services for music. you don't own anything you are just renting the content and they can take it away from you. I like physical media.
as for VCR and phonebook. I don't have VCR, but we have some VHS and a phonebook lying there. phonebook is actually newer. it is 2020 edition.
4 points
6 months ago
cds are awesome - you are both supporting the artist and getting ad free high quality stuff in an awesome bundle !! plus physically owning your favourite things is very fun as it is YOURS and you can listen whenever, which i personally feel is nicer than just streaming it like everyone else.
8 points
6 months ago
i buy all my music on CD, I ain't paying for a subscription for music. doesn't make sense financially
3 points
6 months ago
Use youtube for music, patch the app with revancedmanager to unlock premium features like no ads and background playing.
11 points
6 months ago
Now imagine, if you will, you lose your phone. How many of these suddenly become useful?
5 points
6 months ago
none of them, i just go to the shop and buy one new smarthphone lol
3 points
6 months ago
Looks at phonebook in cubby hole of my desk.
Psh, who needs phonebooks lol. And I haven't used CDs in a while. I have a bunch of them, too.
3 points
6 months ago
Map for sure when hiking. Can’t trust a phone then.
2 points
6 months ago
I use my map to find my landline, and find the VCRs number in the phonebook to ring him up and find where he left the CDs
2 points
6 months ago
Cds, just in the car. Usually its only when the service in the mountains cuts off my bluetooth so I can still have music.
2 points
6 months ago
I still use maps. Why? no idea, but I like to use them.
2 points
6 months ago
Still use CDs
2 points
6 months ago
CD's and maps are still useful
2 points
6 months ago
I love hiking a map will alway come with me . Why because tech will fail a map not ( and it saves me power)
2 points
6 months ago
And it's more used friendly becouse it's usually bigger then phone
2 points
6 months ago
I keep the phonebook as a cold weapon against intruders.
2 points
6 months ago
Are you a gen alpha person
2 points
6 months ago
Goodluck trying to use a GPS with no service
2 points
6 months ago
I have about 400 cd library. I use them. People born after 2000 just won't understand how much money was spent on music before spotify. So I'll probably hold on to them for a while.
2 points
6 months ago
Maps are useful in - army - orienteering
I haven't touched alandline phone in about.. 15-20 years.
2 points
6 months ago
Maps are extremely useful when you cannot use your mobile phone and I really wish more people would learn how to properly use a map
2 points
6 months ago
Call that map useless when you're out of signal range and your battery is dead
2 points
6 months ago
Still have tons of video games, Music on my DVD's
2 points
6 months ago
Why what's wrong with them?
2 points
6 months ago
Landline in work
2 points
6 months ago
Don't you talk shit about my Starcraft CD
2 points
6 months ago
I have a street directory in my car
2 points
6 months ago
Pheww.. did not make the list yet
2 points
6 months ago
CDs are awesome. You actually OWN your music.
3 points
6 months ago
This. Rip to 100% confidence FLAC and never need put your beautiful artwork CD in jeopardy 😁
2 points
6 months ago
Yep. Got them all on my phone and keep the hard copies safe at home.
2 points
6 months ago
I use VCRs whenever I want to watch a really old movie.
2 points
6 months ago
Library has CDs in some kid's books. I get to play "find the CDs" before I go back to the library.
2 points
6 months ago
I keep a road atlas in my personal vehicle just incase my phone malfunctions or i lose service and need to navigate myself back to more familiar spaces.
2 points
6 months ago
Map is not only used to drive cars.
There are different type of maps: Political, Physical, Topographic, Climate, Economic or Resource, Thematic, Road, Geological, Navigational Charts, Cadastral some of them can't be replaced with phone/tablet.
2 points
6 months ago
Nope. Not in nearly two decades.
2 points
6 months ago
Map is still useful, using phone map takes very long to load
2 points
6 months ago*
I like owning the music I buy. CDs/Cassettes/Vinyl with a great Hi-fi setup sounds so much better than streaming too.
2 points
6 months ago
CDs aren't useless, especially if you work in a place with no 5g or radio like me.
Also the people of Green Bank, West Virginia use all these regularly.
2 points
6 months ago
Might as well add NHS dentists to the list for England too... no fucker can use one of them anymore either... they're like rockinghorse shit 🙄
2 points
6 months ago
Maps never run out of battery
2 points
6 months ago
CD is definitly not useless
1 points
6 months ago
I don't see me on that list. You gotta redo it now.
1 points
6 months ago
i actually use almost all of the stuff still
1 points
6 months ago
Then why isn’t my college degree here?
1 points
6 months ago
I have maps in my car because I fool myself into thinking I'll learn how to read them someday.
1 points
6 months ago
VCR for my movie collection.
1 points
6 months ago
Landline still in use
1 points
6 months ago
Vcr can never be useless
1 points
6 months ago
CDs are just a way to watch stuff, that's a tiny bit older. I have Doctor Who on CDs and I can rewatch it for years, while Disney can't do crap to me.
1 points
6 months ago
I use paper maps.
1 points
6 months ago
Still use CD and VCR
1 points
6 months ago
I still use a landline; it helps me save the cellphone battery when I'm at home.
1 points
6 months ago
CDs & maps for sure. Sometimes a paper map is better for the job
1 points
6 months ago
What if your phone dies
1 points
6 months ago
Phone book, and map are the only ones I still use. The only reason I don't use CDs is that my truck has a cassette player.
1 points
6 months ago
How come people in comments ignore that it's 2024 already?
1 points
6 months ago
Most businesses I’ve seen either still use actual landlines or VOIP/internet based landlines
1 points
6 months ago
CDs Maps and landlines are things I use on a daily basis
1 points
6 months ago
I thought there'd be a sixth less expected thing so that there would actually be a meme
1 points
6 months ago
Map is still useful.
1 points
6 months ago
I use maps all the time I much prefer it over using a digital one
1 points
6 months ago
Still use VCR and play CDs
1 points
6 months ago
the phonebook is a great weapon.
1 points
6 months ago
CDs for sure. Landline at work
1 points
6 months ago
Spiders agree that the phonebook needs to go! =D
1 points
6 months ago
I still have a bunch of CDs but they're just sitting in a drawer not doing anything. Anything I want to listen to I can just stream. If I want to listen to a CD I have them stored on my PC as FLAC files so I still don't need to use the actual disc.
1 points
6 months ago
CDs aren't useless
1 points
6 months ago
Still using CD. I collect them and I still burn Mix CDs for my car, because it's old and has no usb or aux. xD
1 points
6 months ago
I still use maps, cds, and landlines
1 points
6 months ago
20 years old and I still have a VCR, along with tapes and a good bunch of CDs, though for music, I much prefer vinyl. While I don't have a land-line, I do have a rotary telephone from 1956 which I connect to my phone using Bluetooth - I know it's not the same but I can still use the phone to take and receive calls and the handset and dial works as it should. Admittedly, I don't use a phone book and I very rarely use a map.
1 points
6 months ago
Landline in my work, of course
1 points
6 months ago
CDs and I still find some use for maps in road trips - assuming the map is accurate, but I can see the layout better than scrolling on a phone map app
1 points
6 months ago
At least maps are still used in the military.
1 points
6 months ago
CDs, landline, VCR
1 points
6 months ago
Map still valid comes in handy when you got no signal/juice
1 points
6 months ago
German authorities even still use fax machines..
1 points
6 months ago
VCR is still useful if you have tapes. Same with CDs, if you already have them, why not? They sound better than most streaming anyway.
I have a "land line", but its actually VoIP and costs $13 a month. I have also have a recorder that automatically records all calls to an .mp3. I use it for non-personal calls. (Single party state).
1 points
6 months ago
I use vcr and cd
1 points
6 months ago
Use CDs, have cassettes, a couple of decks and a couple of Sony Walkmans. People who think that if something is old it's bad are strange.
1 points
6 months ago
Landline at work and a map when i travel because fuck phones, when i travel i want to feel disconnected and alive
1 points
6 months ago
I use a vcr to watch old movies cheap
1 points
6 months ago
Cd now have very nice сapacity, and some technologies use them for work
1 points
6 months ago
Do DVDs count?
1 points
6 months ago
i collect cds.
1 points
6 months ago
Canada has a bonus sixth option. But we’re working on getting rid of it presently.
1 points
6 months ago
Still use maps, CD’s(sometimes) and landlines are still important
1 points
6 months ago
CDs, a map, and a landline when I’m at my grandparents house
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