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To some degree that's a real thing. We do live in a more disposable society today. It seems worse than it actually is though. You don't see all the cheap crap from the 70s, because most of it is long gone, and there will still be stuff from today around in 50 years.
Yeah, I also think part of the issue is that people don't want to spend a ton of money on something. If you spend more money on things today, you will (generally) get higher quality items. Of course if you spend less, the company will cheap out in places.
This isn't always true, but a good general rule.
Of course when a company turns a $200 item into a $20 they cut corners, but you need to ask yourself if those concessions actually matter for your use case.