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> Emulation reminds me to ask myself whether the computing experience is always getting better.

My opinion is that "the computing experience" as in "sitting and using a computer like a normie" peaked maybe 2010? Windows 7 era. Web search worked better, somehow. Javascript on the average site wasn't as bad yet.

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I'd argue the year was 2014, but I largely agree; there have been many improvements since then, but few of them landed for the average desktop user - partly because of the intense push to get people off of desktops.

I would say 2012. It was right as mobile versions of sites were becoming common and bandwidth was high enough to facilitate HD video and live streaming, but it was before AI/ML turned every social media site into a living hell scape.

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