In recent years, certain individuals hold a view that modern technology has made shopping today easier than in past. In my opinion, technology enables people to search in deep before buying anything, which help them save money rather than wasting.
On the one hand, in past when technology was not significant or you can say people were not able to access the modern technology easily they used to suffer from stress and depression because they were not able to search goods in their hometown. So this problem used to lead an increasing number of individuals depression and stress. Sometimes when people order an item online in past this develop curiosity in their minds, like how the item will be?
On the other hand, now technology has advanced significantly. Before ordering something online such as, clothes, food, or electronics people look for its reviews on different platforms. For example, youtube, reddit, and discord. Moreover, there are many AI tools which are available on internet such as, claude, gemini, grok, and chatgpt which helps people to get feedbacks of people on the item they are going to buy. In addition, several years ago people used to visit urban shopping malls from rural areas to buy clothes but when they reached the item was not in stock or maybe it was sold. Since then, technology has enable individuals to look for the item online, if it is in stock or not which helps people save time and costs.
In conclusion, modern technology can be helpful for shopping today. In my opinion, with proper guidance and limited use, it can serve as an helpful assistant for shopping different things.