Ask HN: Isn't the 2010s tech bubble worse because it's slower?

The 2010s seem different from the later 1990s in that the late 1990s bubble popped very fast whereas the 2010s version seems to be a slow trickle of bad news. I'd argue the 2010s tech bubble is significantly worse because people are spending many, many years now on their "startups" without tangible success. Look at Pebble or Dropbox. Is anyone other than the CEO going make any money off all these years of effort? It's kinda like Neil Young quote used by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note: "It's better to burn out than fade away".