It will undoubtedly get enshittifed in its own way, probably higher prices, but at least it will be reliable when booked. Ubers seem to be a crap shoot these days if they're actually going to come and get you.

> If you wanted to play a multiplayer game on the internet, either you needed to have explicit host & port information, or you needed to use an online multiplayer gaming service.

Technically true, although tools like Kali existed which could simulate IPX style networks over the internet. I know this because I played a substantial amount of Mechwarrior 2 online when it designed only for local network play!

Australia has taxed cigarettes so much that a thriving black market has started that nobody seems interested in policing.

Alcohol appears to be going in the same direction.

I also experience this. We were lucky enough to do a three week holiday around Japan, which felt very long. Three weeks of getting up, going to work, and while I enjoy what I do, it flashes by.

I think the driver for me is routine. The more routine, the faster everything seems to fly by.

Lots of music producers fall into this trap too. So much so that I'm convinced nearly the entire synthesizer industry is setup to exploit this.