> I'm wondering, where are all those great things that were created with them

Maybe you are not looking in the right place. Maybe your expectations are not right. Maybe the revolution isn't a super app but a mini app. Not an app with code written so beautifully it could win a Pulitzer but an app that will be used a couple of times and then discarded.

I am trying to offer an alternate viewpoint (I don't necessarily support it but I thought it was needed).