“From Marvels to Mediocrity: The Shocking Decline of 40 Iconic Inventions You Thought You Knew!”
#27
Staplers, I’m sure the staples used to be able to penetrate more than twe sheets of paper.
#28
Health service used to be more accessible and quicker for GPs and A&E.
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#29
Cars. There was a point, early to late 90s when cars were just about perfect. They were mostly reliable and didn’t break down like cars in the 70s and 80s. They were still mechanical mostly, you could service them yourself and if you were handy with tools, you could fix a lot of problems yourself.
Now, car’s are filled with pointless electrical gubbins that can and will break down leaving you unable to repair yourself.
Electric handbrakes, automatic lights and wipers. Doors/boots that have motors to open them. LCD screen dashboards. Oddly shaped music systems that can’t be swapped out. Cards/button to start them and insanely complicated canbus system that control everything and require software update that only main stealers can install at extortionate costs. And batteries that effetely make the car a write off when they need replacing.
#30
TV streaming services. Beforehand if you enjoyed a program you could buy the DVD or download from the likes of iTunes or other services, and rewatch whenever you wanted to and you owned it
Now itâs either a gamble of âis it on Netflix? Disney? Prime Video?â Or even a case of itâs not on any whatsoever and you canât watch it.
And more you might subscribe to the likes of Netflix for a specific film or program you like. But then they can take it off whenever they desire.