Many topics that people care(d) about are getting more sophisticated and complicated, yet also blander and more homogenized. So it's much more fun to talk abou

Many topics that people care(d) about are getting more sophisticated and complicated, yet also blander and more homogenized. So it's much more fun to talk about the different ways, say, 1980s game consoles handled graphics – each had unique chips and unique ideas, but all simple enough to be explained in a single blog post – than it is to talk about how all consoles today use the same hardware and the same software stack to achieve the same mind-bogglingly complicated results that require years of study to understand. Same with OSes, cars, cameras, you name it.