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> People can even practice programming on their phone with termux. Anyone can program anytime instead of having to wait to use the family computer for just an hour like back in the day. It's so easy to get mileage in.

It may be like that for some, but generally in the 90s computers were widely available and those interested were usually allowed by their family to use them as needed.

There were tutorials. There were digital manuals. It was not that different.

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In countries like America yes those 90s computers were widely available.

But now practically everyone no matter the country has a phone now. The availability is much higher. There are more ways to learn, videos from harvard and fun games are the new introductions instead of manuals.

Sure, for a few countries (perhaps Brazil, India, China). That is not really related to technological progress but to economical development in those countries, though.

Everyone else either had that access (Europe, Australia, Japan, even Russia) or is still too poor to have time or is lacking the necessary fundamental education to be able to focus on it even now (for example, much of Africa, unfortunately).

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