It’s hard to say how many apps we have downloaded and used so far. The market disposes of so many options and every single day, there is a new game, a new social media. Take a minute to think, can you even remember what the world was like, before apps?
People are 24h connected in a way that is never been possible before.
And now, we would like to take you on a journey, to remember, how essential apps became in your life, and how things were before them.
Transportation
When we talk about going places, you probably might think of Uber or Lyft. You can ask for a ride and have a car waiting for you in less than 5 minutes, for an affordable price, monitored route, safety, and comfort.
But before 2009, that idea didn’t even exist yet. If you wanted to go somewhere, you would have some options such as:
- Ask a friend for a ride
- Hang around in the streets and wait for a taxi to come by, and wave very hard at it
- Call a taxi agency and wait blindly not knowing when it would arrive, and who would be the driver
- Take public transportation
- Own a vehicle
Still, people that used taxis, would be stuck with the fact that you would never know how much your ride would actually cost, until the end of it.
It was very common back then, for people to go out on a Saturday night and worry about not finding a cab to come back home.
Feeling grateful for the technology yet?
Online meetings
On this one, you may think of Zoom, Skype, or maybe Google Meet. But before 2003, there was no such thing!
People would actually live their lives going through meetings in person and regular phone calls. The sense of “Global” was very different some years ago.
Executives would travel to attend important meetings, as a regular thing. And today, we can meet people from China, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, and Canada at the same time, and on the same screen.
Entertainment
Netflix, Youtube, Twitch and so many other options come to mind.
It seems like forever ago, that people would actually get out of their houses, to rent a movie at Blockbuster.
The tension behind having to choose the right movie, because it wasn’t cheap and you wouldn’t want to regret your decision right in the middle of your popcorn at home.
Nowadays, you can learn things like dances, self-esteem, carving, pop culture, and so on at Youtube.
You can download movies and watch them offline while on a plane.
You can access thousands of tv shows and movies and decide quickly what you want to watch.
Such a great time to be alive.
Communication
Our classic Whatsapp, or maybe Messenger, Telegram, choose your fighter.
But the point is, before these apps, people depended on luck, to call someone at their house, or office, and hope they were nearby to pick up a phone call.
Or if you remember MSN, you would have to wait around for that person, to sit on the computer, log in and be online, to respond to you. Let’s not even talk about e-mail.
It was so much more difficult back then to solve urgent matters, and now, in 1 second you can text, voice message, send a photo, send your location, or even documents, all in one place, and it will arrive in a second.
Photographs
The most-loved social media platforms: Instagram! Do you remember how things were before this app arrived?
Before taking pictures was a “thing”, people would actually take a photo every once in a while, through a regular camera, and hope everything looks fine.
People had no idea about such things as posing and editing. And today, everyone is recording their lives 24h every day.
If you go by a month without posting anything, people start thinking you might be dead.
Every time we see something funny like our dogs playing, we automatically take our phones and record them to show others through stories.
We go on a trip and we have to take a picture of the perfect view and post about it.
Definitely, a lot has changed. Human interaction will never be the same, and the tendency is to get more connected every day that goes by.
The only question that remains is, how grateful are you, that apps simplified our lives?
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