>The fact that we tend to use that extra time to work more is a societal choice (or maybe flaw), not a reflection on the technology itself.

Lmao absolutely not. It's not a choice. And if it made thing "easier" is up to interpretation. All it did was help capitalism to get the rich richer and the poor poorer. There was no societal choice to work more. Only capitalist greed that force us to work more for less. And all technologies are just a way to make that go faster and produce more.