Concerning the phones, I do know and I do own still a phone like that, I was just being sarcastic. I believe that the "free" utility is decreasing, leaving spa

Concerning the phones, I do know and I do own still a phone like that, I was just being sarcastic. I believe that the "free" utility is decreasing, leaving space for some junk no one really uses (any smartphone comes with dozens of functionalities that we'll never use but are paying for) and paid features. These last features add utility, but for some reason, they are not included originally. When I bought my first computer, with Windows 98, it came with Microsoft Office, Photoshop and a few other "free" tools. I've paid for the computer and those additional features were already there. It's added value that you now have to pay for and that's not only Microsoft's responsibility (at least, concerning Photoshop). The same way you have to pay for several of the apps you've listed, such as Uber, Netflix, some Google services, Spotify premium... I don't recall the existence of "premium features" for what I used in 1995, but Spotify is the perfect example of what I illustrated in the graph. The free version adds some utility, the paid version increases its utility and there's some junk in between that no one really listens to.