I read the text. It's something I would agree in principle, but the text is exceedingly whiny and in many ways wrong.

Power users, tinkerers, and so on were always extremely niche. By definition they were always only a few. They are still a few, probably in similar numbers as before.

The only thing that changed is that normal people now have access to computing devices. My wife does not want to know what a file system is, or what happens behind the scenes when an app is installed. She has no idea what a DNS is. Why would she? She is a lawyer with little interest in technology. She wants to use Instagram, not self-host a Matrix instance.

The normal users are the majority, and it's more profitable to serve those users than assholes like me who get pissy when they can't sideload an apk.

And I am okay with that.

And that divide has been around for much longer than twenty years.