Posted on 02/16/2016 1:28:44 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
1. Cable TV
Though cable providers still have plenty of subscribers — roughly 101 million Americans, in 2015, according to research firm IBISWorld — those numbers are declining.
2. Name-brand razorblades
Americans love their Gillette razorblades — so much so that the shaving giant controls nearly 70% of the nearly $13 billion shaving industry ...
3. Bottled water
Who would pay $2 for what amounts to a bottle of tap water?
4. Credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance
The year 2015 saw more than 732 data breaches as of Dec. 8, according to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center — with more than 176 million records compromised at financial firms, businesses, universities and schools, government offices and medical facilities.
5. Compact discs
Compact discs have going the way of the dodo, and streaming music will keep that trend going in 2016, says Aram Sinnreich, a media professor at Rutgers University.
6. Memory sticks and thumb drives
Computer memory sticks and thumb drives are becoming obsolete as the online storage wars heat up.
7. Mini tablets
When Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus phablet in 2014, it may have harmed the sales of another one of their product lines —
8. Paid online dating services
Love might be priceless, but the dating industry is now worth around $2.4 billion, according to IBISWorld, with revenue split between advertising and subscription services.
9. Meal replacement plans
Meal replacement plans help you lose weight by sticking to their strict calorie-controlled shakes and soups, but ...
10. Blu-ray players
Even if you have stacks of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, it probably still isn’t advisable to buy a Blu-ray or DVD player, says Benjamin Glaser, the features editor at DealNews.com
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I paid for an online dating service. My wife says she has a wonderful time on those dates and I get to read my books without a pain in the neck and the yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap...
Do you also wear pyramid pajamas?
2. Name-brand razorblades
Americans love their Gillette razorblades — so much so that the shaving giant controls nearly 70% of the nearly $13 billion shaving industry ...
5. Compact discs
Compact discs have going the way of the dodo, and streaming music will keep that trend going in 2016, says Aram Sinnreich, a media professor at Rutgers University.
6. Memory sticks and thumb drives
Computer memory sticks and thumb drives are becoming obsolete as the online storage wars heat up.
10. Blu-ray players
Even if you have stacks of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, it probably still isn’t advisable to buy a Blu-ray or DVD player, says Benjamin Glaser, the features editor at DealNews.com
Never will I not buy CDs.
Yeah, but they are wearing thin so there are some myohmy panoramas.
True, but I was thinking of the CD with four or more good songs. There are a few here and there
LOL!
I still use Time Warner for my internet connection.
Still the best around this area.
I’ve looked at switching to U-Verse but several of my neighbors have trouble with it. For a while, the service truck was over there so much I asked if the neighbor’s kid got a job with them, LOL.
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