Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20180707021357/@comment-1512913-20180707122346

Pretty much technology has always been there. People just forget that for the most of the series, we have been into Ninja Villages. And villagers in ninja village probably do other things than playing video games etc. At least they did, before the peace era.

So most likely non-ninja places already used technology more often.