I don't think that's entirely fair... It's true that computers and computerisation have never been so ubiquitous as they are now, but they've still been having

I don't think that's entirely fair... It's true that computers and computerisation have never been so ubiquitous as they are now, but they've still been having a big impact for a long time. Off the top of my head, credit cards and ATMs, and the purchase tracking and credit scoring agencies they enabled, have been a big deal since the 60s, says Wikipedia. (I would have guessed later!) Can't do that without a lot of software.