> I do miss the diversity of computing from back then I’ve thought about this for a while. All sorts of different architectures, companies, protocol, etc. wher

> I do miss the diversity of computing from back then I’ve thought about this for a while. All sorts of different architectures, companies, protocol, etc. whereas computing seems to be a massive monoculture now. We basically only have a handful of operating systems, most of which are based off something from decades ago, basically only two architectures still succeeded and one of them just seems to be hacks piled on top of hacks, etc. I get that there’s a reason certain stuff won out, but it’s just boring to me personally. Even compared to not that long ago, I look at PC cases from 10-15 years ago and see a ton of cool and unique designs, anything from recent times seems to be reduced to “white or black case with flashy lights”.