Last night my roommate and I drove around until One O’clock AM looking for the Justin Bieber CD. We tried Blockbuster, Wal-Mart (not a super center), Barnes and Nobel, Premier Video, and others. All of which were either closed or no longer selling CDs. I mean we did realize we could buy the CD on iTunes, but we wanted the actual album. We literally could not think of any stores that were selling what we were looking for. We then thought about other places we had purchased CDs in the past. Only one came to mind…
I’m not intentionally continuing the Net generation theme and how we’re technologically impacting the world, but seriously, what happened to CD Warehouse?
When I was little, my mother would take my brother and I to buy CDs at CD Warehouse and other stores that explicitly sold music. Nowadays, we just buy them on iTunes, purchase individual songs, illegally download them on the Internet, or burn copies of our friends CDs.
I know where I buy CDs isn’t really a “major issue” to blog about, but after reading these books on the Net generation, I’ve really come to notice how we’ve affected so many aspects of life. It’s kind of sad how much everything has changed. Obviously, as a Net gener myself, I’m a proponent fully engaging in Internet usage; but I still appreciate going out and actually buying products at stores. I like to think I’m not THAT lazy.
Another example is Blockbuster. So many locations are closing down because of the invention of Netflix and other online movie companies. We’re too spoiled that we can’t drive four miles to the nearest renting store, we have to buy them online.
Convenience is one thing, but pure laziness is sad. Why can’t we still appreciate and use what was created in the past while continuing to embrace the future and its resources?
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You went to look for the Justin Bieber CD without me?! Just kidding, but I do agree with this. Many businesses are going bankrupt due to the new technology. I wonder if it will expand to effecting movies and music, which are already being pirated and downloaded illegally. And imagine if downloading became out of control and it could expand to too much information that is able to be found on the internet who knows. It's kind of intriguing and scary.
ReplyDeleteI read the first line and was so happy to know that I am not the only nineteen-year-old who loves Justin Bieber. Hah. Personally, I don’t remember the last time I actually bought a CD. Music is easy to get to from iTunes and illegally off the internet now, and its not very common to go out and buy a CD or rent a DVD anymore. Now a days I get a thrill out of going to places like Blockbuster just because it’s such a rare occasion to actually go out and pay money to watch a movie. I don’t believe that people are too lazy to buy CD’s or rent movies, I just think that people are into efficiency nowadays compared to the past. And why pay money for something you can get for free?
ReplyDeleteI think that appreciation of our past is possible, but hard. In our generation, we've seen massive strides taken towards digitalization, whereas people in the past relied on physical formats. As a result, people of the future aren't going to understand the sense of satisfaction that comes from physically owning something. That feeling is why I still rent DVDs instead of getting Netflix. We can't convert things like that feeling or physical form or the real tactile sensations into bits (yet). And even if we do, we can't upload everything without compromising the integrity of a lot of systems.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that you wrote on this topic, me and my friend were discussing this same issue the other day. I agree that our generation has become lazy and companies are paying the consequences for this. For example, MAC came out with Apple TV, allowing you to listen to your itunes, rent movies that have just come out, watch youtube videos and watch the new and upcoming movie trailers all from your home TV.
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