“Any sufficiently popular, or important, computer technology will be mercilessly mocked 20 years later.”
I call that Lunduke’s Theory of Computer Mockery. (Yes, I named it after myself. Because… why not?)
The more important the technology, the more ruthlessly and brutally it will be mocked. It helps if the technology was, itself, a bit flawed when new. But even when a piece of tech is well received initially, 20 years later it will be fully brutalized.
Let’s take a look at some examples:
Windows 95
Would you use Windows 95 in 2017? Of course not. Would you make fun of it without regard for its feelings? Of course you would.