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
When was this?
Like 10 years ago I believe.
Edit: I heard it in a Maciej Ceglowski talk but I can't find the exact bit. One website in the talk is 18MB though.
Edit 2 found it: https://youtu.be/iYpl0QVCr6U?t=1718
It was saying Boston.com costs 40 cents worth of bandwidth per page load.