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Question: What has the internet killed? (jobs, retail market, etc.)

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I was on a financial message board and a guy posted this thread. "What hasn't the internet killed?" He was talking about all the things that as a society we were used to doing one way now has basically gone by the way side due to the internet. What things can you think of that the internet has impacted and things that it will eventually impact with regards to jobs, lifestyles etc.?
 
It's hurt the post office severely, possibly the main reason for no more Saturday deliveries.

It's definitely killed the movie rental industry, Blockbuster has continued to downsize while Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video have/are closing all their stores.

I'll think of more and add them to the list.
 
Truth be told, I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. As much as we use it to speed up work and enjoy ourselves on sites like these, I've gotta believe we'd all be better off if the internet had never been created. Sure there's a lot of things we'd miss out on, but if the interent had never been created, we wouldn't know we were missing out on it. We spend so much time emailing, facebooking, gaming, etc... that I think we miss out on a lot of real world interactions. We're far past the point of no return now though, it's a pandoras box of sorts.

I do know that we are conveniencing ourselves out of jobs, which is amazing. I'm anxious to see what the next 20-30 years will look like.
 
Buzz, did you see last night's South Park episode? It was the one where the internet went down causing a mass refugee situation as people went to "Californi" where they had "a little internet" that got rationed out in 40 second allotments. Too funny.

Anyway, it's basically destroyed the record industry. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, as bands now need to tour to make the bulk of their money.
 
Newspapers are all put dead to to online competition.

As Staci said, the music industry has certainly evolved.

Movie downloads have altered showings at theaters. I've also noticed two of the three brick and mortar Blockbusters in my area have closed. I imagine this is due to competition from Netflix-type operations and downloading and movies on demand options.
 
Blockbuster Video
Information publications (Maps, encyclopedias, etc.)
Hard Copy Music - CDs, etc.
Travel Agents? Maybe not, I don't know.

I think TV will be the next thing heavily impacted. Google TV is on its way, and Apple isn't far behind. I know some are saying these are not new innovations (see WebTV), but whenever Google and Apple are both competing to get involved, I have to think it's a legit market. I'm not sure exactly how it will be impacted, but I think the way we currently watch TV is going to change.

I also think there will be a lot more people who work partly or mostly from home in the future. Business will have smaller and fewer offices.
 
Kill is not a word I'd use.

It has morphed nearly all of the things listed in this thread into something different, and(usually) better, more convenient, instantaneous, etc.
 
LOL!!! Didn't get it to see it but I do agree about the record industry.

SavannahDare said:
Buzz, did you see last night's South Park episode? It was the one where the internet went down causing a mass refugee situation as people went to "Californi" where they had "a little internet" that got rationed out in 40 second allotments. Too funny.

Anyway, it's basically destroyed the record industry. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, as bands now need to tour to make the bulk of their money.
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The internet, along with gaming and other technologies, has made ALOT of soldiers who come into Basic Training unprepared, especially physically. When I was younger, we used to go outside and ride bikes, play ball, etc. Kids nowadays stay inside and play. It's sad to see face-to-face interaction between people diminish so much.
 
It's also helped out an incredible amount of bands. Before the internet, (if I were a musician) there would be no way for me to get my music out there for people to listen to unless I was signed to a major label. Now with myspace and youtube, anyone can upload their own music for the world to hear, and a lot of pretty decent bands have been discovered this way.

But I do agree SD, it has destroyed the record industry. I've noticed that the more prevalent the internet has become, the crappier music has become. Think about it like this.

It took Ke$ha 6 months to have a #1 hit and two top 10 hits.

It took Aerosmith 25 years to do the same.
 
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BamaBrass said:
The internet, along with gaming and other technologies, has made ALOT of soldiers who come into Basic Training unprepared, especially physically. When I was younger, we used to go outside and ride bikes, play ball, etc. Kids nowadays stay inside and play. It's sad to see face-to-face interaction between people diminish so much.
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27% are too fat to join the army
 
Bookstores.
There are actually very few stores selling books that you can look inside the book before you buy it. Although there are still a few here and there.
 
SavannahDare said:
Anyway, it's basically destroyed the record industry. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, as bands now need to tour to make the bulk of their money.
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I've got to call foul on this one. Internet, even peer to peer file sharing, didn't destroy the record industry. The record industry destroyed the record industry with its own greed and refusal to adapt to the marketplace.

There are record labels in Europe that have utilized the internet, viral marketing, and even peer to peer file sharing to grow and they are getting higher profit margins in those areas than traditional big label record companies, and they're giving away their music!

So, let's see, the big record labels say that they are losing billions because people are downloading (pirating) their music for free. However, more progressive record labels are letting the fans download their music for free and are making money. Interesting. They may not let them download all of their music for free, but they are using it with a large portion of their music as a marketing and distribution tool.
 
uafan4life said:
I've got to call foul on this one. Internet, even peer to peer file sharing, didn't destroy the record industry. The record industry destroyed the record industry with its own greed and refusal to adapt to the marketplace.

There are record labels in Europe that have utilized the internet, viral marketing, and even peer to peer file sharing to grow and they are getting higher profit margins in those areas than traditional big label record companies, and they're giving away their music!

So, let's see, the big record labels say that they are losing billions because people are downloading (pirating) their music for free. However, more progressive record labels are letting the fans download their music for free and are making money. Interesting. They may not let them download all of their music for free, but they are using it with a large portion of their music as a marketing and distribution tool.
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You're right. It's decentralized the economic power from the big record companies, and allowed smaller, less-known bands to be heard.

Just about everything on my iPod playlists right now are from bands that would not have been heard were it not for YouTube, peer-to-peer networks, Facebook, word of mouth, etc.
 
Tidewater said:
Bookstores.
There are actually very few stores selling books that you can look inside the book before you buy it. Although there are still a few here and there.
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Yes, I like to go to bookstores and spend hours looking thru books. Seems I always come out with 2 -4 books. I just don't like the "Nook" etc etc.
 
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