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Ask Slashdot: Which Businesses Will Go Away In the Next 10 Years? (nbcnews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the fading-industries dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Ten years ago NBC published a list of business types that it predicted would disappear in the following decade. Ten years later and we can see how good their fortune telling was. What businesses do you think will go away by 2027? Who is destined to become the next buggy whip manufacturer, whose demand dried up due to changing technology and a changing world?

For reference, NBC's list was: Record stores; Camera film manufacturing; Crop dusters; Gay bars; Newspapers; Pay phones; Used bookstores; Piggy banks; Telemarketing; Coin-operated arcades.

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  1. Re:Slashdot by RhettLivingston · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sadly, when was the last time the "slashdot effect" was actually observed to cause a virtual DOS attack due to a link from slashdot as opposed to some other site?

  2. Hookers by jwhyche · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the facebook has its way with virtual reality then the worlds oldest business will vanish. Cross physical feed back with AI then things get ... creepy.

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  3. Re:Easy one by lord_mike · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm sure this is meant half jokingly, but American football as a whole is in trouble. Schools are starting to shut down their programs due to lack of interest. Parents, worried about their kids' brain health, are pushing them to play other sports. In time, the talent dropoff will be dramatic enough to significantly affect big college and pro football.

    The decline for the NFL has accelerated much faster than expected. The league's necessary adjustments for safety has made the game less interesting to watch and the recent anthem "controversies" are not helping. Attendance and viewership is down. The decline has already started and doesn't look like it will abate soon. Think that football is too big to fail? 80 years ago Boxing was the #1 sport in America. Look at the state of boxing today.

  4. Re:Google by Z00L00K · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hope more for Facebook to go away.
    Microsoft has had its peak, but will probably not go away.
    Oracle is at larger risk. it's big and bulky with an unclear business strategy.
    Several cloud service providers are at risk.
    Some ISPs with bad customer treatments.
    Analog land lines are already dying in bulk.
    Trumps real estate business is probably at risk.
    Apple - past Jobs the vision is gone.

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