It’s different when in general the experience interacting with a government bureaucracy is poor, and government produces expensive and inefficient outcomes these days. As opposed to big tech which is creating huge profits and new technology.
Plus a shitload more that reached enough maturity to be broadly useful. CNN's Vr Cheap Thermal cameras
You seem a bit too pessimistic to google things for yourself, but technology is genuinely moving pretty fast
Btw there hardly was a new technology in iPhone at the time of the launch.