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Many people say shopping habits have changed a lot because of technology, and I agree. Over the last ten years — and especially since the pandemic — I’ve noticed myself and people around me buy things in very different ways. Before, you would go out to the market, try items, and talk to the shop owner; now most of us check our phones first, read reviews, and often buy with one click.

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There are clear advantages to this shift. Online shopping is really convenient: you can compare prices across stores, find rare items that aren’t sold locally, and get deliveries straight to your door. That saved me a lot of time when I had a busy week of classes and work. It’s also easier to find honest customer opinions through reviews, which helps prevent bad purchases. On the other hand, there are downsides. It’s easier to spend more than you planned because checkout is so simple; I’ve definitely bought things I later regretted. Also, small local shops sometimes lose customers who prefer the low effort of big online platforms, and there are growing worries about data privacy and the environmental cost of fast deliveries.

Using the third conditional: if shopping habits hadn’t changed so much, we wouldn’t have had the option to shop from home during lockdowns, and many people — including delivery drivers and online sellers — wouldn’t have had that income boost. Another example: if people hadn’t started trusting online payments, e-commerce wouldn’t have grown as fast.

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In my opinion, the change in shopping habits has been mostly positive because of the convenience and wider choice, but we should be careful about overspending and support local businesses when we can. To sum up, technology made shopping easier and more varied, yet it also brought new responsibilities for buyers and sellers alike.