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Hell, 10 years ago, WB02's were something only shops had........ Or emissions test stations.... I remember tuning the DSM using a pyrometer and an AFC before the GM MAF-T setup came out.
The availability to the public may have come around recently, but oxygen sensors in general have been around for much longer, greater than 10 years. Like 40 I think.