cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454
• Gen Z’s nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.
• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.
• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z’s love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.
You had me until this. For starters, that means no outlets can carry stories from other outlets, severely hampering the dissemination of information/stories/etc. You’d need like 8 subscriptions just to get a picture of what happened yesterday in your town, city, state, nation, etc.
Additionally, this heavily restricts the range of available whistleblowers/sources and how exposed they have to be.