[jmrm]

I would add that sometimes when people usually say that rancid phrase of "they don't make it as they used to", they are comparing expensive products in the past with cheap ones in the present.

Most of those "good 'ol" goods exist, but probably are pretty/too expensive for what we are used to pay.

[mihaic]

While that's sometimes the case, those expensive products were the norm, and now no longer exist as an accessible option.

For many products, the market went with cheap and crappy, and quality became a niche that is no longer available in the general economy, and can only be found with great cost and effort.