Comment by a3n

> Why is it underwhelming? What do people do with phones?

What did people do with phones in the 1890s? Even your closed set is much, much more than that.

What did people do with computers in the 50s, or PCs in the 80s? We do a lot more than that now.

With greater capability comes more, even if we don't yet know what "more" will be.