at least when it comes to consumer tech
like i can't even remember the last time i was excited for a new tech thing. maybe my second smart phone, i guess? that one was at least a big improvement from my first one. third was marginally better, and then the fourth, which i'm using now, i feel like i only got because of planned obsolescence (slow down/battery problems etc.)
it's such a stark contrast from growing up in the 90s/early 2000s
Part of the issue is running out of the easy hardware optimizations that gave bigger speed increases in the past, meaning it's harder and more expensive now to deliver performance gains. Yet, companies still have to sell their tech at the same rate to keep profits increasing, so a culture of staying "current" with your tech has been fostered, alongside the more concrete measures of planned obsolescence to promote upgrading.
I would also argue that internet browsing experiences have been getting worse for a while as companies stuff their sites with ads and trackers to monetize as much as they can.
yeah it definitely has
search engines are also dogshit now
google youtube and reddit have all gotten more dogshit, and I'm not even talking about the userbase
I remember back in 2018, looking for a reddit post from 2016, and it was not findable.
also google stuff started tanking around 2018/19 and becoming unusable (but I don't know of a better option so I still use it)
youtube stopped showing the dates of certain old videos recently