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"I'm arguing bigger picture"
No, you're specifically doing the opposite.
You're taking what you did as a novelty, niche hobby in the 90's and saying "it's just the same now"
It literally isn't. The difference in users is about 5.5 billion and constant access in your pocket.
Consumer digital video cameras didn't even exist until 1995.
You arguing that the "it's the same now" is exactly the same thing as saying literature was "exactly the same" 500 years and 5000 years because they share some very base level features.
Again, the difference is users is 5.5 billion to the 90's. Wireless connections are everywhere.
Imagine how dumb it would be to argue cars are the same as when they were invented. "They still have wheels and an engine and you steer them to go about. We had the exact same thing in 1885!"