Sorry if this is a dumb question, but does anyone else feel like technology - specifically consumer tech - kinda peaked over a decade ago? I’m 37, and I remember being awed between like 2011 and 2014 with phones, voice assistants, smart home devices, and what websites were capable of. Now it seems like much of this stuff either hasn’t improved all that much, or is straight up worse than it used to be. Am I crazy? Have I just been out of the market for this stuff for too long?

    • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Man, the toys invented around that time are the best… But that’s probably all you’re really paying attention to at that point.

      And for kids now? Well they have things like Skibidi Toilet to keep them occupied.

      But for a more serious answer I think that’s when they’re in their most creative mindset and everything is new to them and they’re learning how things work.

      Obviously the exact age at which someone starts to take an interest in tech is going to be different from person to person. For me, I was a fan of reading popular science magazines at a younger age as well as manuals on all of the different setting/functions/features of operating systems…