It was obviously huge. You could see it taking off. Yet a lot of people proudly displayed ignorance and backed each other up on it to the point that discussion around the topic was often drowned out by the opposition to change. Now today it takes minutes of playing with ai coding agents to realise that it’s extremely useful and going to be similarly huge.
Resistance to change is not a virtue!
I am in my 40s; have never owned a smartphone and still can't imagine wanting one; am constantly surrounded by others who have them and thus am completely aware of their functionality; AMA.