Haven't we been using the same types of devices, services and programs for many years (but updated)?

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Haven't we been using the same types of devices, services and programs for many years (but updated)?

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Look:
Cinema4D 1990
Python 1991
HTML 1993
Blender 1994
JavaScript 1995
Ebay 1995
first mouse with a scroll wheel 1995
first laptop with a camera 1996
PayPal 1998
Autodesk Maya 1998
USB 1998
BBCode 1998
first keyboard with multimedia keys 1998
Amazon 1999
Bluetooth 1999
Wi-Fi 1999
first commercial GPS phone 1999
DeviantArt 2000
Audacity 2000
SQLite 2000
Wikipedia 2001
BitTorrent 2001
iTunes 2001
Evernote 2001
TeamSpeak 2001
first 3 GHz CPU 2002
Amazon Web Services 2002
Tracktion Waveform 2002
Media Player Classic 2003
Adobe Premiere Pro 2003
OneNote 2003
Steam 2003
Vocaloid 2004
Facebook 2004
MyAnimeList 2004
Google Maps 2004
first WQXGA monitor 2004
DaVinci Resolve 2004
Reddit 2005
Pixiv 2005
YouTube 2005
Twitter 2006
Crunchyroll 2006
Google Translate 2006
iPhone, iOS 2007
Tumblr 2007
Hatsune Miku 2007
StreetView 2007
Netflix 2007
Hulu 2007
OneDrive 2007
Kindle 2007
modern-like games 2007
Google Chrome 2008
Dropbox 2008
Unicode emoji 2008
GOG 2008
LastPass 2008
first Intel i7 CPU 2008
Android OS 2008
Spotify 2009
WolframAlpha 2009
Bandicam 2009
Siri 2009
Instagram 2010
HBO Go 2010

What comes to mind after 2010 is Discord (2015). The conclusion is that, however there were many important updates along the way, types of devices and programs and services we use are very similar. Many of things listed above reached very high popularity only after 2010, but were invented earlier.
Global economy doubles in product every 15-20 years. Computer performance at a constant price doubles nowadays every 4 years on average. Livestock-as-food will globally stop being a thing by ~2050 (precision fermentation and more). Human stupidity, pride and depravity are the biggest problems of our world.
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Global economy doubles in product every 15-20 years. Computer performance at a constant price doubles nowadays every 4 years on average. Livestock-as-food will globally stop being a thing by ~2050 (precision fermentation and more). Human stupidity, pride and depravity are the biggest problems of our world.
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