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>But 2015-ish, if I remember correctly, was around the time when drones were also becoming known by the public in a cool way. Now their main use is for war.
Are you just like, really young? Drones were military tech for decades, and have been in the newscycle prominently since the war on terror started and they started using them significantly more than before.
To make it more /toy/ related, there was a plot point about using drone aircraft in Macross Plus.
Commercial drones being popular was more a case of tech being cheaper to manufacture/miniaturized and cameras likewise getting cheaper and smaller. For most normies the novelty wore off sicne they lack the skills to make the most of it, but for things like photography and film-making drones are still very active and important. That said, there's a world of difference between military drone aircraft used for war and commercial ones used for photography.