It's easy to romanticize a past where electronics were designed to be statements in your home or office, but I think that the reduction of glamour is more so a dialogue on the utility of these devices in a modern world.

Previously, personal computers in the home were something of a novelty that didn't necessarily have a ton of value or that value was still being discovered. And now we see that the content that is displayed on the digital screen is most of the value, and so akin to many Hollywood sci-fi takes, where the screen becomes just a piece of glass, modern technology is moving in that direction.

The device itself is not the point, but the content that the device enables access to is.

I think at least in part the unwillingness to explore that is making our society shades of gray and shapes of blocks "to maximize value" and "protect resale value" etc is just a result of widespread reduction in purchasing power.