Depends on how you define 'killer app'. Personally, I would vote for the early web browsers like Netscape. Changed the PC experience from being a tool or crappy gaming device to the "Golden Path" known as the Information Highway/Age.
The surge of interest provided by web surfing, in no small part due to free porn in your house, led to lower ISP fees, cheaper computers and a complete paradigm shift in how the world does business.
Maybe it's just my natural distaste for the bean counters of the universe, but no way in hell does a spreadsheet even come close to being a killer app, let alone the first.
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