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
it'd be practically impossible to develop a new web rendering engine from scratch. the set of web standards is gargantuan and keeps getting bigger. it has evolved from a relatively simple document access system to the world's worst app store