Your historic mentions ".aero, .travel and .coop" can not be compared to currently released gtld's such as .property, .news and other hundreds of industry specific names. There will be of-course only one or two popular gtld in each industry specific domains. .
In my view, nothing has really changed. End users did not switch to new extensions when they had a chance, because there was no benefit to doing so. But they had something to lose.
That statement remains valid today.
To take an example: as you may be aware, there is now a .realtor domain. So it's a very 'official' extension: it comes from the trade body. But I doubt that NAR will be able to force all members to use it. Most will probably be reluctant to do so. Especially when they have been trading for a long time in .com. Thus common sense dictates that use of .realtor will remain optional. Read: gadget.
It's brand affirmation. At least that's the way I see it.
I also do not understand your 100% anti GTLD stand and the time you take to put your negative comments on most of GTLD threads.
Some people spend a lot of time pumping new extensions, so I guess it all balances out
Seriously, I like to play the devil's advocate. I enjoy the clash of ideas, but the more I think about it, the more I think people have learned nothing from the past. When it comes to new extensions, naysayers have always been more right than wrong.
Just because we are flooded with new strings, people are in panic mode, losing focus. There's supply, but the demand isn't huge.
Listen to arguments from both sides, then decide.
The only thing that matters is reality. It will unfolding soon. Sit back and watch...