Buying things on the Internet, such as books, air tickets and groceries, is becoming more and more popular. Do the advantages of shopping in this way outweigh the disadvantages?

In

this

age of

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technology, it

is becoming increasingly easy to perform various activities online that were a few years ago only possible to perform in person. The large number of people find it more convenient to shop on the Internet these days. In the following paragraphs I will attempt to look at both the side of coins for

this

phenomenon. The Internet was

first

created for military use in the USA where the government wanted to securely share information

among

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between

different locations of their defence facilities. As the years passed, it became available for the general public.

Initially

the use of the internet was to publish information to

masses

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the masses

. With the technological breakthroughs it has become possible to perform a plethora of activities. One

such

highly popular activity is to purchase items on the Internet.

This

drastically changed the way companies market their products and the way people buy them. It has

also

made a huge impact (largely positive) on the world economy. While there are numerous benefits of shopping online, I will discuss a few of them for the sake of brevity. The biggest advantage I believe is the convenience. One can purchase items that cost a few pennies to items that cost thousands of dollars from the comfort of their couch. At the same time they are able to compare from the range of items that would not be possible if they were shopping in person.

For example

, whey trying to buy a mobile, people have options to find a specific device with

certain set

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a certain set

of parameters. Like all good things, online shopping

also

comes with a certain set of problems. The most important one being the privacy and security of the buyer. Every technology has its

flows

an imperfection in an object or machine

flaws

and there are dishonest people who would take advantage of these flows to cheat others. Most people shopping online tend to make a payment

also

. Sometime when the buyers are not careful enough or the online selling platform is not secure enough,

then

criminals make profit of the situation. Another big disadvantage is that after paying for an expensive item, people sometimes get rubbish

instead

of the actual item. Every aspect of human society has some pros and some cons. It is up to us to make sure that we make the best use of the resources available to us. With online shopping too, if we are careful

enough I

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enough, I

believe the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages.