Doesnβt have to be a thing you bought. Just some thing you didnβt have but then once you did it expanded your scope of actions.
The first obvious example that comes to mind is a car. Plenty of drawbacks to prevalence of cars, but being able to go where I want when I want, and far away, is very transformative.
Iβm interested in other examples of things that arenβt just useful, but that open new possibilities.