Exactly, it's utter nonsense. The general public thought the first bicycles, automobiles, computers, mobile phones, smart watches, and AirPods were stupid. And now they are normal. Same with video games and dating apps.
I lived it. I had a teacher in high school continually scold me for reading books on programming languages and banning me from writing essays on the future of computers. Apparently, I should have been outside getting my ass kicked by the jocks like any normal kid would. Why the guy even called up my parents to express his concerns about me. Or there was the time my 2nd grade teacher contacted my parents for reading Run Silent, Run Deep during my submarine phase because that was a book for adolescents, not children. Mel Brooks wrote it best...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI