In my 30+ years of experience with software development, computerisation, and general technological prowess, applied, I have this to say: yes. But: no big deal

In my 30+ years of experience with software development, computerisation, and general technological prowess, applied, I have this to say: yes. But: no big deal. These things happen in cycles. Computers are nearly, entirely, a social substance. There is nothing at all valuable about computers unless there is a real social component. Because of this significant aspect of its makeup, computing is necessarily cyclic. The shadows of industry, as well as many many bright lights of academia, shine directly through the world of computing, and specifically, computerisation. You see, computers are absolutely useless, without the user. And users change. Societies change. Markets change, people change, attitudes change, and so on. This is a natural state. Users change. Its the User who has become more demanding of the programmer, while individual developers have the danger of staying, relatively, static and attached to the things they know. The things they invest in. Alas, its easier for a User to switch from one stack to another, than it is for Developers. Usually. So .. all I really want to point out is, this is normal. Embrace the change of civilisation that is happening around you -all computer technologies, productive+ or -productive, are a consequence of the progress of humanity, as a whole.