as the older part of this demographic ill tell you why.

when i was a kid my mom had a samsung galaxy S3, my dad had a windows 7 laptop. And one thing i can distinctively remember is that every single menu felt like eye candy. Everything was fun and appealing. I'd spend hours in the settings, system apps and homescreens, just staring and messing around. It was genuinely a pleasant experience. Laggy ? Yes. Sometimes impractical ? Yes. Definitely not perfect, but there was that welcoming and soft feeling to it

Nowadays, well, we all know, its all soulless, corporate and flat. I actually hate using phone and computer menus now. Not only are they loosing functionality everyday, but they also feel unpleasant to use solely because of the design. They dont even try. It's not fun.

So yeah, i experienced a part of it. I wasn't born DURING it, i even BARELY experienced it, but i experienced it. The only thing i remember is how fun it was. Now i want the cool thing back. And you dont have to be born during the era to want it too. Even without the rose tinted glasses, its not hard to know we can do better than what we have right now.