But it's not just cost. The quality of things has gone to death. It used to be that if you paid a little more for the better brand you would get a better product that would last longer. No longer the case. Everything is broken and is cheap junk with a more expensive logo on the front. Then there is quality of service. Terrible everywhere you go. But I don't really blame people here. They get paid money and then have to exist in the economic conditions above along with the demographic hellscape on top of it.