Things that are now obsolete or were easier years ago

A recent thread got me thinking about a couple of things.

The first one is instructions. I find things like mobiles frustrating as they don't come with instruction manuals. Then other things have to be researched on the internet. If I have flat packed furniture to build I lay it out and follow the instructions at my own pace. That's what I liked about Lego unless that has changed now.

The other thing I was thinking about recently is things we used to use that young people would have never seen. I was thinking of the phrase being a carbon copy which I guess comes from the use of carbon paper. In my first office job the typists did two copies of letters using this which went in different files. Some shops used it for receipts so they had a copy. I wonder if anyone uses it today.

Are there things that others can think of that aren't in use now?

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  • Telephony USED to just work, now it does not. The amount of call I have that are blighted my techncial problems makes this phone system of the 1960's look positively brilliant in comparison.

    As someone mentioned below there's a push to use phone apps for everything. I just say "My phone is a TELEPHONE, and if I want to use the internet I use a COMPUTER for that". 

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  • Telephony USED to just work, now it does not. The amount of call I have that are blighted my techncial problems makes this phone system of the 1960's look positively brilliant in comparison.

    As someone mentioned below there's a push to use phone apps for everything. I just say "My phone is a TELEPHONE, and if I want to use the internet I use a COMPUTER for that". 

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