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
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