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I'm getting old. Last 20 years maybe, but I can't name a technology advancement that happened in the last 10 years that I would really miss. To me it seems like most technology is now done for the sake of doing it and solutions are looking for problems. Not to mention all the dystopian surveillance we have now. Rose tinted glasses and all that, the start of the millennium was a much happier time period imo.
Have you used a 10 year old phone lately?
1) a smart watch can read notification, messages, listen to music, podcasts, audio books, receive and make phone calls, voice chat, group chats;
2) a eink device to read books, browse internet for news (hackernews for example), emails;
3) game consoles or pc + project + vr for entertainment;
4) a tablet with keyboard for work (with access to servers in cloud) and netflix, youtube.
I really don't want to carry a phone with me.. it is big, attention seeking and to be honest, not very useful.