As someone alive 30 years ago, it isn't as clear cut as the biased graph.
Gasoline was roughly 1/3rd the price, but 4 years of state college was 20k, not 100k.
A house I grew up in, while 30 years newer, cost 80k compared to 300k now, even though it needs a lot more work.
Minimum wage there went from 4.25 an hour 30 years ago to 7.5.
Health care costs have gone up way more than double.
So maybe people make twice as much cash, but their costs for the things they actually need, without bullshit fake adjustments, cost 3 to 4 times more than they used to.
One could argue for better, lik how react is "better" than html forms. But it isn't really worth the cost to me.
Excite was about as good at getting me search results for what I am looking for as google has enshittified itself to now.
Gasoline was roughly 1/3rd the price, but 4 years of state college was 20k, not 100k.
A house I grew up in, while 30 years newer, cost 80k compared to 300k now, even though it needs a lot more work.
Minimum wage there went from 4.25 an hour 30 years ago to 7.5.
Health care costs have gone up way more than double.
So maybe people make twice as much cash, but their costs for the things they actually need, without bullshit fake adjustments, cost 3 to 4 times more than they used to.
One could argue for better, lik how react is "better" than html forms. But it isn't really worth the cost to me.
Excite was about as good at getting me search results for what I am looking for as google has enshittified itself to now.