50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using

Any non-“smart” things. Light bulbs, doorbell, washing machine, fridge, etc. I don’t need any of them to connect to the internet. Just do the basic job and don’t break or quickly become obsolete, please.

Knobs in my car to control radio and heat/ac. So much safer than screens

Not exactly obsolete, but I've been told it's odd in 2023. I buy physical CDs, rip them to my hard drive, put a copy on my phone, and listen to my music without ad interruptions or subscription costs.

Edit: and for all you "bUt ThAt'S mOrE eXpEnSiVeR!" folks, no it ain't. I'm in my 40s. I listen to mostly the same s**t I listened to in the 90s, and I've already had most of my music collection for 25+ years. I'm buying 3 new CDs a year, max.

Paper menu… why you making take a picture of a square, go to a website and squint on my phone to see what you got to eat.

Books. I take books out the library, read them, return them. Seeing what books are available on my “want to read list” is a fun game in itself.

Opening a damn web browser and going to a store's website instead of using an app, if the option is there.

Paper and pencil.
Way better than trying to write or draw on an ipad

Wired headphones. Wireless airbuds make me irrationally angry, it just seems so frivolous and easy to lose.

100% all kitchen stuff like kitchenaids, mixing bowls, old Pyrex, old wooden spoons, Dutch ovens, ect all were better before the 90's newer items of all these things especially Pyrex are flimsy. The appliances have planned obsolescence and new Pyrex baking dishes I'm scared to even use in the oven because I've had 2 explode on me. My old ones I inherited from my grandmother never given me an issue

A few years ago I was really broke and had no car, so I bought a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with 200,000 miles on it. That car lasted all the way up to 350,000 miles. Yeah, stuff broke on it, but it was so easy to fix and parts were so cheap.

I had zero mechanical skills, and I was able to bring that car back from the dead on 3 separate occaisions with incredibly basic tools just by reading a manual.

They literally do not make cars like that anymore.

Can opener. The manual ones work just fine, I don't know why an electric one that takes up space on the counter 24/7 when it gets used for all of 10 seconds is necessary.

I still use Adobe CS6 because paying monthly for software is some b******t.

F*****g leaf rake.
Leaf blowers are a scourge. In most cases they save 10% of the time it takes to rake, while annoying 100 people at once.

My job is restoring/conserving obsolete objects (mechanical clocks), does that count?

Cash. I live in one of the most digitalized countries in the world and we are already so cashless that some places don't even accept cash anymore, even though they're still required to by law.

I still insist on paying with cash to everyones annoyance. It doesn't rely on power or internet and it's anonymeous, the latter being important to me.

Books and traditional media. Harder to navigate than the online ones, but kind of stimulates the brain more with less distractions and more peace.

A normal paper calendar. Idk why i just don't check the calendar on my phone, and I sometimes use a 50 something year old radio because it sounds nice, especially when my headphones run out of battery.

Word and MS Office. NOT THE 365 subscription.

Vehicles without touchscreens.

Pen and paper works so much better than Android notes.