> There's not a single piece of consumer tech in the last 20 years that has made our lives tangibly better in any way. Tell that to blind people who, for the p

> There's not a single piece of consumer tech in the last 20 years that has made our lives tangibly better in any way. Tell that to blind people who, for the past decade or so, have had screen readers built into our mainstream smartphones at no extra cost, giving us access to a wide variety of functionality all in one device. And that functionality includes access to on-demand transportation through Uber or the like. Yes, we have to pay for that last part, but for those of us who can, it's still liberating. Edit: And I'm sure there are other counter-examples; I hope others will add their own. I just wrote about the one that has affected me and my friends.