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I remember all of this. You read books or a newspaper or listened to music in a queue. Maybe you played a gameboy
Libraries were more commonly used, as were encyclopaedias and later progams like encarta
We had calendars and diaries for meetings.
Most ofnthe same things were there it just wasn't in a tiny box and it was a bit more awkward.
I do remember people considered “in the know” were much more savvy with consumer protective information. Reviews were treated as reviews from relative or expert opinion rather than validation of taste. There were also options for children, teens (the magazine “Zillions” for example, my first taste of criticizing capitalism provided by Consumer Reports for kids), adults and the elderly.
Now, there’s a much less robust testing, renting, reviewing and demoing environment it feels.