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
every new pixel phone seems to drop one of the good features that the previous generation had
the 6 no longer has the rear fingerprint reader, it's got a slower under-screen one
the 6a doesn't have a headphone jack anymore (sidenote: anyone who tells you that headphone jack hardware takes up too much space to go in a modern cellphone doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about; 99% of the hardware is still in there to drive the speakers)